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Climate change will add billions of dollars through the end of the century to the costs of maintaining and repairing Alaska’s public roads, buildings and utilities, according to a new study published by the National Academy of Sciences. → Read More
Much higher-than-normal temperatures continued in Utqiagvik and other far-north Alaska sites → Read More
The crew is drawing air samples from the tropics, polar regions and points between, measuring remote pollution and greenhouse gases. → Read More
The threespine stickleback living in an Alaska lake are producing offspring earlier, and sometimes even a second wave of new stickleback arrive later in the summer, according to new research. → Read More
Most of the State Department's Arctic team remains intact, and members hope the emphasis on climate will also remain, despite the new president's views → Read More
Much of the work being discussed at the symposium probes effects of climate change, which the new president has disputed. → Read More
High ocean temperatures, associated with algal blooms and animal die-offs, are expected to become the norm later in the 21st century. → Read More
The state’s average 2016 temperature of 31.9 degrees Fahrenheit was a whopping 5.9 degrees Fahrenheit above the long-term average. → Read More
The federal government's new conservation plan for polar bears, required by the Endangered Species Act, emphasizes the threat to sea ice habitat but also includes short-term recommendations. → Read More
Though E. coli is associated with many human illnesses, there is no sign that strains in Kenai Peninsula gulls have affected people. → Read More
Air and sea-surface temperatures are higher and sea ice is sparser in a year that scientists said was unprecedented. → Read More
Nine nations and the EU are on board with the goal, but obstacles need to be overcome before there is a binding agreement. → Read More
The iconic coastal rainforest trees, slow-growing and long-lived, are dying off as the climate warms and root-insulating snowpack declines → Read More
The freshwater seals of Iliamna Lake are different from other seals in the North Pacific, but they failed to qualify for special protection under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA says. → Read More
More than 200 of the iconic Alaska birds have washed ashore dead, and bodies are emaciated, indicating lack of food → Read More
The president-elect is a climate-change skeptic, but his general views on Arctic issues are not clear. → Read More
As a candidate, he blasted the Obama administration's change of the Alaska mountain's name to Denali and vowed to reverse it. → Read More
Elodea, a fast-growing leafy plant, is now in a roadside ditch at the marsh, and a response plan is in the works. → Read More
Voters and state GOP leaders, like others in the nation, didn't let concerns about Trump's personal baggage affect their votes → Read More
If the virus is at fault for beak deformities in chickadees and other species, there are steps bird lovers can take to reduce risks to birds. → Read More