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.
"Ned Rozell"
Northern Alaska joins the cryosphere
It’s mid-October, 118 miles from the Arctic Circle. Time for a walk to work.
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.
Minto earthquakes then, now and tomorrow
Sarah Silas, 89, smiled as she remembered an earthquake that shook her village more than 60 years ago.
Maverick red aspens in a world of gold
Will Lentz, a reader from Fairbanks, asks a question that flares every fall: why do some aspens turn red?
On the track of the wolverine
The few biologists who have studied wolverines in Alaska say they are exceptional creatures.