Still melting – and melting fast. That’s the basic take-away from the federal government’s annual Arctic Report Card. It finds that Arctic ocean temperatures are increasing and sea ice is declining at the fastest rate in at least 1500 years.
Alaska's Energy Desk
Walker names members of Alaska climate leadership team
The team’s job is to come up with recommendations for how Alaska should deal with climate change.
In Russia, a competitor for Alaska’s gasline project comes online
The $27 billion Russian project is heavily funded by partners in China. When completed, it will be almost as large as the Alaska LNG project.
As Alaska’s gasline corporation pushes for Asia deal, legislators push for more information
Heading into a busy year for the state corporation, questions linger about financing and project structure.
To house a village, Newtok looks to unlikely source: army surplus
Village leaders think they might have found a solution for the eroding village of Newtok’s relocation problem. And it comes from an unexpected place: an Anchorage military base.
How would the salmon ballot initiative impact development in Alaska?
If Alaskans are confused about what the ballot initiative would actually do, that’s understandable. That’s because both sides can’t seem to agree on how it would affect future development in Alaska.
Oil lease sale for National Petroleum Reserve sees little interest
Nine hundred tracts, totaling more than 10 million acres, were up for bid. But at the annual lease sale held today, oil companies bid on only seven tracts. The sale lasted less than 10 minutes.
Ask a Climatologist: Jet stream pattern keeps Alaska warm, Lower 48 cold
Alaska is likely to stay warm this month, while much of the Lower 48 experiences a cold snap. The culprit is a feature of the jet stream called a Rossby wave.
Tongass in Transition: Striking a chord with old growth trees
Alaska Specialty Woods uses salvaged trees to make instrument tops. But this sustainable company still wants the timber industry to stick around.
Tongass in Transition: An uncertain future for Alaska’s last big mill
Logging old growth trees in the Tongass National Forest was supposed to be phased out. The owner at Viking Lumber has struggled to see a future where the business could survive. But this past year has restored some hope.