Tourist season is beginning in Southeast Alaska, which likely means around a half million people will be hoping to see whales.
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The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government
With time running out to head off the worst damage from climate change, the United States government is starting to quantify the cost of inaction – for taxpayers.
Bycatch task force works to refine mission ahead of November deadline
Early in the task force’s process, frustrations are already simmering about who’s in the loop.
An unexpected item is blocking cities’ climate change prep: obsolete rainfall records
Rainfall reports for some states are 50 years old, which means they don’t reflect how the climate has already changed in recent decades.
Impacts of warming temperatures dominate discussion of Arctic Report Card
Scientists also discussed the impacts of climate change on Native life in the Arctic.
Bering Sea survey finds Yukon River chinook populations are low and staying closer to shore
Like chinook salmon, NOAA researchers observed chum salmon almost exclusively near Alaska’s shores.
NOAA breaks ground on upgraded port facility in Ketchikan to host research vessel Fairweather
A long-sought revitalization of a NOAA facility in Ketchikan is officially underway.
How climate change is fueling hurricanes like Ida
As the Earth heats up, rapidly intensifying major hurricanes like Ida are more likely to occur, scientists say.
A major report warns climate change is accelerating and humans must cut emissions now
Global climate change is accelerating and human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases are the overwhelming cause, according to a landmark report released Monday by the United Nations. There is still time to avoid catastrophic warming this century, but only if countries around the world stop burning fossil fuels as quickly as possible, the authors warn.
NOAA’s first tribal research coordinator aims to build partnerships with Alaska’s Indigenous communities
Mabel Baldwin-Schaeffer is the first tribal coordinator for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s communications program.