The conservation groups say invasive species alone cause more than $9 billion in damage each year to public water supplies, industry and power plants.
Oceans
The Bering Sea’s smallest organisms are losing fat, putting larger predators at risk
Arctic fish, seabirds, and marine mammals are struggling to adjust to global warming while consuming less fatty foods.
Check out the deepest-swimming fish ever caught on camera
If you’ve wondered what lurks in the dark depths of the ocean, here is your answer.
Alaska marine debris experts call for tighter regulation and more cleanup funding
The trash piling up on rural beaches isn’t local.
Alaska’s annual tsunami warning test failed for some communities
A combination of technical glitches, along with some confusion, prevented the test from reaching some coastal communities.
Annual test of Alaska’s tsunami warning system scheduled for Wednesday
Many Alaskans will get a tsunami warning on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. It’s a test, but the people sending it out are worried that not everyone will know that.
Southeast humpback populations are improving, but the fallout of the Pacific marine heat wave lingers
Things are looking up for Southeast Alaska’s humpback whales in the years following the Blob, according to a new update from Glacier Bay National Park.
Murkowski, Peltola tell ComFish more needs to be done about ‘crisis’ levels of species decline
“Even if we do everything right starting today, it still could take 30 years for our fisheries to fully recover,” Peltola said.
Juneau teams sweep at statewide ocean sciences competition
The Tsunami Bowl is more than a competition. It’s a crash course in all things ocean science.
Threatened listing proposed for sunflower sea star after population devastated by wasting disease
The creature, with a range from Baja California to the Aleutians, would be the first sea star with an Endangered Species Act listing.