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Another study says warming may be worse than experts think

WASHINGTON — Most computer simulations of climate change are underestimating by at least one degree how warm the world will get this century, a new… Continue reading

Yakutat hosts one of the largest and southernmost known nesting colonies of Aleutian Terns.

Sixth annual Yakutat Tern Festival celebrates Aleutian and Arctic Terns

The Sixth Annual Yakutat Tern Festival is June 2–5. The festival is a celebration of the natural and cultural resources of Yakutat. Yakutat hosts one… Continue reading

Yakutat hosts one of the largest and southernmost known nesting colonies of Aleutian Terns.

Letter: Climate change is definately real

It is beyond my understanding how anyone, especially those in leadership roles, can question the fact that humans burning fossil fuels have pushed the planets… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2016

Juneau’s heating revolution

juneau’s undergoing a heating revolution.Ground source heat pumps have been making their way into commercial and institutional buildings in Juneau starting with AEL&P’s new headquarters… Continue reading

Craig High School student joins teens as voice for climate change

Twenty-one teens from all across the state, from Barrow to Unalaska to Anchorage, convened in Juneau March 28-31 to talk to their legislators about environmental… Continue reading

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My Turn: Bring the ‘Bern’ to the Alaska Legislature

Last Tuesday, over 8,000 Alaskans took hours out of their day to crowd together in schools and civic centers all across Alaska to caucus for… Continue reading

  • Apr 3, 2016
  • By Kate Troll
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President Barack Obama listens as French President Francois Hollande speaks during their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, Xi vow to narrow differences, work on N. Korea

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Thursday to cooperate to confront the North Korean nuclear threat while working to narrow… Continue reading

  • Apr 1, 2016
  • By MATTHEW PENNINGTON and JOSH LEDERMAN
  • Nation-World
President Barack Obama listens as French President Francois Hollande speaks during their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Oregon State, Syracuse, Washington ready for 1st Final Four appearance

INDIANAPOLIS — Geno Auriemma marvels at what his colleagues accomplished this season.In six short years, Oregon State coach Scott Rueck took a program that needed… Continue reading

  • Apr 1, 2016
  • By MICHAEL MAROT

Study: Juneau Ice Field to shrink if warming continues

ANCHORAGE — A Rhode Island-size ice field in the mountains behind Alaska’s capital could disappear by 2200 if climate-warming trends continue, according to a University… Continue reading

Biologists document seabird die-off at national park

ANCHORAGE — A massive die-off of Alaska seabirds has stretched to the beaches of a national park in the southwest corner of the state.Federal biologists… Continue reading

My Turn: Obama-Trudeau summit demonstrates a joint focus on the arctic

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held their first summit meeting, and resolved that the United States and Canada… Continue reading

  • Mar 24, 2016
  • By RAFE POMERANCE and RUSSEL SHEARER

Researcher: New species of butterfly has clues to geology, climate

FAIRBANKS — A new species of butterfly could provide clues about Alaska’s geological history and its changing climate, according to a University of Florida researcher.Research… Continue reading

My Turn: Solution deniers versus solution seekers

As I noted in a previous column, a poll done by the Alaska Dispatch News (Jan. 28, 2016) showed “an overwhelming proportion of respondents —… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2016
  • By Kate Troll

My Turn: Obama’s Arctic insult

Should President Barack Obama have consulted with Gov. Bill Walker and Alaska’s congressional delegation before establishing an Arctic agreement with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?… Continue reading

  • Mar 18, 2016
  • By Rich Moniak

Beyond record hot, February was ‘astronomical’ and ‘strange’

WASHINGTON — Earth got so hot last month that federal scientists struggled to find words, describing temperatures as “astronomical,” “staggering” and “strange.” They warned that… Continue reading

NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the Yukon River flood from 443 miles overhead on May 28, 2013. Image courtesy of NASA.

Alaska Science Forum: Broken ice causes the worst spring breakup floods

For half the year, Alaska’s big rivers provide a somewhat flat surface, allowing travel by snowmachine, dog team, ski, bike, snowshoe and foot. For a… Continue reading

NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the Yukon River flood from 443 miles overhead on May 28, 2013. Image courtesy of NASA.

Letter: Suicide is preventable

With the recent public suicide in Juneau, the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition wants to reassure community members there is hope. There is no denying that… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2016
In this Dec. 9, 2015 photo, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.  In a major reversal, the Obama administration says it will not allow oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. Jewell made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter, declaring that the administration's next five-year offshore drilling plan "protects the Atlantic for future generations."  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US bars Atlantic drilling; Obama builds environmental legacy

WASHINGTON — In a major reversal, the Obama administration said Tuesday it will bar oil drilling off America’s Atlantic Coast, a move cheered by environmentalists… Continue reading

In this Dec. 9, 2015 photo, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.  In a major reversal, the Obama administration says it will not allow oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. Jewell made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter, declaring that the administration's next five-year offshore drilling plan "protects the Atlantic for future generations."  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a polar bear has a bucket on his head, while cub polar bear swims nearby in the cooling waters of  Moscow Zoo. Climate science has progressed so much that experts can accurately detect global warming's fingerprints on certain extreme weather events, such as a heat wave, concluded a high-level scientific advisory panel. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

Panel: Finding climate fingerprints in wild weather is valid

WASHINGTON — Climate science has progressed so much that experts can accurately detect global warming’s fingerprints on certain extreme weather events, such as a heat… Continue reading

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a polar bear has a bucket on his head, while cub polar bear swims nearby in the cooling waters of  Moscow Zoo. Climate science has progressed so much that experts can accurately detect global warming's fingerprints on certain extreme weather events, such as a heat wave, concluded a high-level scientific advisory panel. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

Obama says GOP leaders to blame for party ‘crackup’

WASHINGTON — Years of Republican hardline politics and divisive rhetoric have spawned Donald Trump and the “crackup” of the GOP, President Barack Obama said Thursday,… Continue reading

  • Mar 11, 2016
  • By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and STEVE PEOPLES
  • Nation-World