Fighting fires to prevent carbon emissions would be a first not just for Alaska but likely for the world’s boreal forests, said the refuge’s superintendent.
Climate Change
A Juneau inventor wants to bring ocean energy to your outlets
Tidal power could be an alternative to burning fossil fuels like diesel and natural gas, which is driving human-caused climate change.
A sea ice monitoring project is a climate adaptation tool for Utqiaġvik whalers
Whalers say it’s harder to find the thick, flat ice crews rely on to support the bowhead whales they pull in. Tools like the whaling maps and radar images help make whaling safer.
Avalanches are a leading cause of death for Southeast Alaska’s mountain goats
New research from the University of Alaska Southeast shows the scale of mountain goat mortality from avalanches for the first time.
Deer are expanding north. That could hurt some species like boreal caribou
Since the early-2000s, white-tailed deer have been moving north into the boreal forests of western Canada.
For one Utqiaġvik family, spring bowhead whaling marks an important milestone
For Inupiat communities on the North Slope, bowhead whaling is a central part of spring. But climate change is adding an extra element of uncertainty to the whaling season.