Ivan Hazelton explains why he’s got goggles made of cardboard strapped to his face.
Science & Tech
Report: Subsidized logging costs feds millions
A new report says the Forest Service is wasting millions of dollars by propping up a failing Southeast Alaska timber industry.
Short earthquake rolls through Juneau
Magnitude 4.58 temblor occurred at 7:03 a.m. Wednesday
A green way to deal with carbon dioxide
Last week, I wrote about a thought experiment proposed by Fairbanks scientist Jim Beget. He suggests raining down crystals of a compound that captures carbon dioxide onto a frigid plateau in Antarctica.
Why Alaska researchers want to use drones to find hibernating bears
For the first time, Alaska researchers plan to use drones with thermal cameras to detect hibernating polar bears and grizzly bears on the North Slope.
A cool idea for locking up carbon dioxide
Jim Beget spends much of his time digging for clues from long ago, like when a volcanic island might have collapsed into the sea, sending giant waves to distant shores.
Northern Alaska joins the cryosphere
It’s mid-October, 118 miles from the Arctic Circle. Time for a walk to work.
The mammoth mystery of St. Paul Island
One foggy day on St. Paul Island, a woolly mammoth stepped onto a trapdoor of greenery. It plunged thirty feet to the floor of a cave. There was no exit.
Electric vehicle owners power up at Eagle Beach
Local businesses and nonprofits raised $50,000 to install a network of electric vehicle charging stations on the Juneau road system
Why was interior Alaska green during the last ice age?
During our planet’s most recent cold period, a slab of ice smothered Manhattan. Canada looked like Antarctica but with no protruding mountains.