Alaska’s winter is defying predictions that an El Niño climate pattern would produce a warmer, less-snowy season.
Climate Change
Report: Alaska’s Railbelt can shift to renewables, but that would require big capital investment
Different mixes of energy sources could result in renewables supplying between 70% and 96% electrical power by 2050, UAF group’s analysis finds.
As the permafrost melts, the houses in Nunapitchuk are breaking down
Some houses in Nunapitchuk sit on their own little hills as the soil erodes around them. Whole neighborhoods have sunk as seeping sewage mixes with the melting tundra.
Salmon compete with mining companies as melting glaciers reveal new habitat
A recent study warns that outdated laws in Canada and Southeast Alaska don’t do enough to protect salmon habitat as climate change transforms the landscape.
2023 was a tragic and bizarre year of wildfires. Will it mark a turning point?
Unusual and tragic are two words that might describe the 2023 wildfire season which experts say might end up being a game changer for U.S. fire policy.
People are leaving some neighborhoods because of floods, a new study finds
There are hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods where the population is declining due to flood risk, a new study suggests. Climate change drives flooding from heavy rain and sea level rise.
‘We’re always going to be surprised’: Wrangell’s tragedy highlights Alaska’s lack of landslide monitoring
Scientists say Southeast mostly lacks the kinds of monitoring that could make people safer.
‘The time for action is now’: NOAA’s Arctic Report Card paints a dire picture of climate change
This year’s report centered Indigenous perspectives, including contributions by a network of coastal Alaska observers from Kotzebue to Kaktovik.
Warming seas helped cause Alaska’s snow crab crash, scientists say
Alaska’s snow crab fishery has been closed since 2022 when regulators declared the population overfished.
‘It feels like I’m not crazy.’ Gardeners aren’t surprised as USDA updates key map
The USDA is updating an important map for gardeners and growers picking plants and flowers. The new map shows the contiguous U.S. is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the last map 11 years ago.