Alaska’s glaciers are having an outsized impact on global sea level rise. Dr. Michael Loso, physical scientist at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, explains what’s happening to ice in the Last Frontier.
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Alaska prepares for vessel disasters
Thousands of vessels move through Alaska’s waters every year. If something goes awry, their cargo and fuel could end up in the ocean. Cleanup efforts for past groundings near Unalaska have proven difficult and costly. But how ready is the state for disaster?
Alaska Natives protesting Dakota Access pipeline share mixed views on oil
About 60 demonstrators, including many Alaska Natives, gathered in downtown Anchorage Saturday afternoon to sing, dance and carry signs. They were there to support North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux tribe in their fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Oil and subsistence in the warming Arctic: A conversation with Tom Kizzia
Alaska writer Tom Kizzia looks back at the debate over offshore drilling in North Slope communities.
As tiny homes take root, where do you park them in Alaska?
A Juneau company is building its first tiny house on wheels to sell commercially and it intends to make more. But the city’s zoning codes haven’t caught up with the tiny house craze.
Alaskans paddle to protest North Dakota pipeline
Members of the One People Canoe Society from Juneau paddled in unison today down the Missouri River in North Dakota. The trip is a show of solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux, who are protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline Project.