Satellite and webcam footage revealed small deposits of ash near the summit, but the ash cloud stayed below 10,000 feet.
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Satellite internet promises fast, cheaper service to rural Alaska, but technology remains untested
Residents of Western Alaska villages pay several hundreds of dollars a month for data speeds that max out at 10 Mbps.
With $350 monthly internet bills, Y-K Delta residents face high hurdle for connectivity
Some Y-K Delta residents say that the high cost of internet access is not even the main problem. In some cases, there is no internet regardless of how much people are willing to pay.
10,000-year-old bone from Wrangell area hints how domesticated dogs may have traveled to the Americas
A dime-sized fragment of dog bone — more than ten-thousand years old — has given researchers new clues about how domesticated dogs first made their way to the Americas.
Wilderness resort installs large solar array outside Denali National Park
It took two years for Camp Denali to install its new 90-kilowatt array at the end of the Park Road, near Wonder Lake.
Listen: The sound of water droplets freezing at 42 below zero
While temperatures of 40 below zero might send most of us to our couches, Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge biologist Mark Ross grabbed his recorder and some water.
Genetic technique brings biologists closer to solving beluga mystery
Researchers have found a way to determine the ages of living Cook Inlet belugas using skin samples.
Alaska scientists are teaming up to make the state a leader in hunting new COVID strains
Alaska already sequences a large proportion of its positive coronavirus tests compared to other states, but officials say they’re aiming to do even better.
Researchers ask for more Indigenous input in national Arctic science initiative
The National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic initiative looks at the effects of a warming climate on Arctic communities. But some in the field believe NSF isn’t doing enough to involve Indigenous people who live there.
St. Paul Tribal Government lands federal tech training grant
Historically, local jobs in the STEM field have not gone to St. Paul residents — a problem the project manager says the grant could help with.