Determining Dissolved Organic Carbon Flows into the Gulf of Alaska
A new model determines freshwater and dissolved organic carbon discharge to the Gulf of Alaska from one of the most geographically diverse but understudied regions...
ANWR lease flop offers Alaska a dose of harsh energy reality
The horrific events at the U.S. Capitol this last week demonstrate that reality can be harsh, dispiriting, and disruptive when it sets in on those...
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Will Not Face Mass Oil Drilling—for Now Face Mass Oil Drilling—for Now
Large oil companies skipped out on the auction, but environmentalists say a worrisome precedent has been set
Alaska: Trump opens wilderness up for oil drilling
The Trump administration is pushing ahead with the first sale of oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The giant Alaskan wilderness is home...
Murkowski energy bill crosses finish line
Tucked amongst the 5,500-some pages of legislation with more than $2 trillion in spending and COVID-19 aid that President Donald Trump signed last month was...
Climate Change Is Making Dangerous Landslides More Likely in Alaska
An hour before sundown on Dec. 2, Lilly Ford and her family heard a “strange, low rumble” outside of her home in Haines, Alaska. It...
Tongass National Forest is ‘America’s Last Climate Sanctuary’
The move by the Trump administration would overturn the Roadless Rule Act, which safeguarded the forest against industrial clear-cut logging and road building on national...
Watching the Arctic thaw in fast-forward
The frozen permafrost in the Arctic is thawing on an alarming scale. By analyzing an annual record of satellite images, researchers have now confirmed these...