Through the project, music composers will interpret glacier outburst floods, high latitude mirages and arctic sea ice changes.
Climate Change
Skagway’s blue mussels were nearly wiped out last year
The Skagway Traditional Council is asking harvesters to avoid blue mussels until the population rebounds.
Past heat waves and low sea ice continued to impact Alaska’s waters in 2021
Forage fish, some seabirds and humpback whales in Prince William Sound all seemed to see declines related to warm temperatures. Herring, on the other hand, thrive in warmer water.
Hot dam: Beavers have gnawed their way into the Arctic, speeding permafrost thaw
Beavers are moving to the Arctic as the Alaska tundra heats up and the beaver population rebounds after centuries of trapping. A study published in December shows the small, industrious mammal is accelerating climate change in the north.
When extreme rainfall goes up, economic growth goes down, new research finds
The research, published Wednesday in Nature, found that concentrated bursts of daily rainfall decreases economic growth, especially in wealthier and industrialized countries.
Research cruise gets rare chance to study Bering and Chukchi seas
The final research cruise of 2021 in the Bering and Chukchi seas came through the region in November.
Unalaska and Kodiak set winter warm weather records
There was no record of a warmer Christmas in Alaska than 56 degrees, and there’s been climate stations keeping track for at least a century.
Juneau restaurant hit by Bristol Bay king crab season closure, skyrocketing prices
“We’re double in our pricing, which is a shock to people who have been longtime customers, you know, but it is what it is. We’re all just trying to survive,” said Tracy LaBarge, owner of Tracy’s King Crab Shack.
Profits eluded Sealaska for decades. Now it’s ditching timber and plastics, and investing in kelp.
An investment in Barnacle Foods, while small, is a potent symbol of the corporation’s new vision. Other corporations are taking similar steps.
Manchin says Build Back Better’s climate measures are risky. That’s not true
For months, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has been watering down the climate provisions in the Build Back Better legislation. But the objections Manchin described to the bill’s climate measures are misleading.