Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
An "all-time high" temperature record has been set in the US state of Alaska, despite much of the country sitting in the Arctic circle. Temperatures peaked at 32.22 Celsius (90F) on 4 July at an airport
Alaska
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Climate change threatens to put Alaska village under the sea
Residents of the remote Alaskan village of a Kivalina say they may be forced to relocate from their homes because of the effects of climate change. The thinning of sea ice has meant it is not possible
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Alaska's record-warm year in 2014 has observers worried
The biggest state in America, home to more ocean coastline than all others combined, has just set another record. This one, however, is nothing to cheer. For the first time in recorded history, temperatures
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Polar bear population in frozen sea north of Alaska falls 40% in 10 years
The number of polar bears inhabiting a frozen sea north of Alaska declined by about 40% from 2001 to 2010, according to a study published on Monday. US Geological Survey researchers and scientists from
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Moderate quake hits near Fairbanks, Alaska
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit 43 miles northwest of Fairbanks on Saturday night. The center says no reports of damage have been
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Intensifying ocean acidity from carbon emissions hitting Pacific shellfish industry
For more than a century, Bill Taylor's family has used the calm, protected waters of Puget Sound to raise oysters, planting billions of larvae in underwater beds and then harvesting them to ship to some
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A shift of thermokarst lakes from carbon sources to sinks during the Holocene epoch
Thermokarst lakes formed across vast regions of Siberia and Alaska during the last deglaciation and are thought to be a net source of atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide during the Holocene epoch. However,
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Arctic warming upsetting birds' breeding calendar, study warns
2,500 nests in Alaska show that nesting is taking place up to seven days earlier, reports Climate News Network Arctic migrants are nesting up to seven days earlier as the world warms. The sandpiper
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Tsunami warning for Aleutians after 8.0 quake
A magnitude-8.0 earthquake was widely felt in communities along Alaska’s sparsely populated Aleutian Islands on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage. Natasha Ruppert, a seismologist
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Glaciers in Canada rapidly melting: Report
VANCOUVER: The mountains of British Columbia cradle glaciers in west Canada are in rapid retreat, which has become a major climate change issue, a media report said, citing an American state-of-the union
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Seasonal variability of organic matter composition in an Alaskan glacier outflow: insights into glacier carbon sources
Glacier ecosystems are a significant source of bioavailable, yet ancient dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Characterizing DOC in Mendenhall Glacier outflow (southeast Alaska) the researchers document a seasonal