A young Alaska Native engineer with roots in Kongiganak has been appointed as a Youth Climate advisor to the United Nations.

It’s a bit of a mystery where some birds go when they leave Alaska for the winter. A recent tracking project on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta sought to shed light on birds’ worldwide winter homes.

The sudden withholding of federal funds poses an existential threat to projects that have been in the works for years in communities across the U.S.

The short and straightforward report published in the journal Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (AAAR) seeks to sum up a long-term, complex issue.

Students from Mertarvik have been documenting the impact climate change has had on their lives through writing and photographs. A group of Mertarvik students traveled to New York City earlier this year to see their work on display.

The coastal New England town of Provincetown, Mass. and the Bering Sea coastal village of Mertarvik are just about as far away as two places can be in the United States. But students in both communities have common ground in growing up in a rapidly changing climate.

The controversial program, aimed at boosting the population of a struggling caribou herd in Western Alaska, had been halted by court rulings because of legal flaws.

The Trump administration has pulled more than $2.7 billion in climate grants, hitting vulnerable communities the hardest.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in springtime can feel like a bit of a bird superhighway. A study released last year underscores how important the area is to the lives of millions of birds.

As the impacts of climate change intensify, Indigenous communities across Alaska and Louisiana are facing difficult questions about home, identity, and the future. Should they stay and adapt, or relocate to safer ground?