Climate Change

After years of assessments, a major step forward in riverbank stabilization for the Kuskokwim Delta coastal community has been derailed by wide-ranging cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Better knowledge and mapping of existing infrastructure is leading to a new estimate of future thaw costs under varying climate scenarios.

Scientists worry as services that provided detailed and historic information about sea ice, snowpack, glaciers, and other Arctic conditions are being discontinued.

Historical sites across Western Alaska face existential threats, and the lead archaeologist for the Nunalleq excavation says its success is a stark reminder that it may not be long before many more precontact Yup’ik sites are lost forever.

As the Northern Bering Sea ecosystem emerges from the extraordinary warmth that wreaked havoc on Alaska fisheries, wildlife, and communities, a study warns of likely future occurrences.

It’s the largest one-time climate-change related federal grant award to Alaska, ever.

Michael Sfraga, from Fairbanks, is "probably the most recognized go-to Arctic expert that we have," Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.

Researchers believe that if permafrost thaw continues at its current rate and mercury keeps being released, it could pose a real threat to many communities throughout northern and western Alaska.

Authorities announced the approval of $108.8 million for Alaskan communities reeling from 2022’s Typhoon Merbok.

Over roughly five years of flying out of Kotzebue to locations on the Baldwin and Seward Peninsulas to conduct research, the team has noticed dramatic changes in the landscape.