It’s been warmer in Alaska than in three dozen other states. If someone asked you, “Where can I go in the United States to escape the frigid air this January?” what would you say?
Alaska, often referred to as the last frontier, is at the forefront of climate change, with regions experiencing dramatic temperature increases that far exceed global averages. Recent studies have highlighted hotspots of extreme warming across the state,
A bleak side-by-side image of the weather on opposite sides of the United States this week appears to show a stark shift in weather behavior. This week, several states in the South saw a rare and deadly snowstorm while Alaska was snow-free with a partially sunny sky.
Alaska's political leaders are cheering an executive order that aims to boost oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state. But environmental groups say Trump's policies are worrisome.
Project could inform strategies for Buffalo and New York State by evaluating housing in a part of the country where climate change is occurring faster.
The Alaska House voted 28-10 to adopt a resolution signaling their opposition to changing the name of North America’s tallest peak.
F or bears of both the market and polar kind, a planet without an ice cap is a tragedy. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the world at large, causing ice to shrink by an area the size of Austria each year. Since the 1980s the volume of ice has fallen by 70% or more. The Arctic’s first ice-free day may occur before 2030.
Alaska leaders cheered Trump's order titled ... Communities experienced the impacts of climate change, including thinning sea ice, coastal erosion and thawing permafrost that undermines ...
President Trump late Monday issued a pair of executive orders that seek to bolster oil and gas drilling — including in contentious areas of Alaska. One order seeks to open up drilling in
A U.S. Air Force pilot was reported to be safe after a single-seat F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday at a base in Alaska.
The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Gulf of Where? In the same name-swapping order, designed to take effect by mid-February, Trump declared that the Gulf of Mexico will now be known as the Gulf of America “in recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our Nation’s economy and its people.”