Wednesday morning, shortly after 10 o’clock, the state will be testing the tsunami warning system around coastal Alaska.
Science & Tech
Arctic ice melt sees early start
The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Friday that Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent on Feb. 25.
Short, chubby and neurotic is good combination in cold
There’s no doubt, some people run hotter than others. But what makes a person more tolerant of the cold? The size and shape of one’s body makes a difference, according to Jacques LeBlanc, a researcher at Laval University in Quebec.
Northern trails sponging up winter rainfall
As he contemplates another long snowmachine journey, Matthew Sturm might consider packing a raincoat. Rain fell in Interior Alaska a few weeks before his trip, glazing supercooled highways and forming a crust on the snowpack.
New Anchorage museum “lab” sparks innovation
What do buckets, disco balls, circuits, and marbles have in common? They’re all part of the Anchorage Museum’s attempt to spark innovation in their new interactive exhibit.
Denali air still pristine, with a few specks
Fairbanks’s air turns bitter every winter as we fill it with woodsmoke and other things, but just down the road Denali National Park has the clearest air measured among America’s monitored national parks.
Life on ice at the top of the world
On a February day long ago, a family living in a sod hut near the Arctic Ocean saw blocks of sea ice bulldozing their way onto shore.
A yearly flood into the Gulf of Alaska
Satellite data has confirmed that the amount of freshwater released into the Gulf of Alaska from streams and rivers in Alaska and northern Canada is about 1.5 times what the Mississippi River dumps into the Gulf of Mexico each year.
Slideshow: Sikuliaq stops in Juneau
UAF officials roll out gangplank for public to view new research vessel devoted to polar oceanography.
Juneau activists call on Murkowski to take climate change seriously
While Sen. Lisa Murkowski barely mentioned climate change in her annual speech to the Alaska Legislature, a small crowd rallied outside to bring attention to the issue.