A group of Canadian and West Coast U.S. scientists think they have an answer as to why returns of sockeye salmon to the Kenai, Copper and other Western North American rivers have […]
Reds in peril
Maybe in May
Coming off the warmest year in Alaska history, the 49th state’s largest city has now racked up four months in a row with average temperatures below normal, according to National Weather […]
White spring
A bright sun was smiling on Alaska’s largest snow-covered and frozen city on Sunday as the temperature climbed to 29 degrees – nine degrees below normal for the day. Welcome to an […]
Who to believe?
Alaska winter 2020 is either icier than in a long time, or so short on ice the census takers can’t drive the ice roads. Public radio will tell you both. The latest […]
Safely unknown
Climate change began poisoning the people of the Norwegian Arctic with dangerous chemicals some 3,800 to 6,300 years ago scientists have concluded after digging around in the garbage pits of that country’s […]
Stormy seas
The problems for Alaska’s commercial fishing industry – once the state’s largest employer but now second to tourism – are growing by the day. Seafood News today reported the lastest survey by […]
Real Alaska
Even in these global warming days, Alaska can still make residents of the 49th state shiver in their socks. Coming off the warmest year in state history, January 2020 slapped the residents […]
Maximum efficiency
One of the most contentious fisheries in the waters off the Alaska coast is now making claims to being one of the world’s climate-friendliest sources of protein. Citing research from the University […]
Damn polar vortex
Coming off the warmest year in Alaska history, it’s been a rough month in the outpost community of McGrath on the north side of the Alaska Range. The temperature there Thursday night […]
Close call
Updated Jan. 29, 2020: The Jeep has been freed. A small army of fellow four-wheel-drive adventurers helped pull it from the ice on Tuesday. Colby Davis shot an excellent video is […]
