Tag: Alaska
Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from...
William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, University of Alaska Anchorage
President-elect Donald Trump is again signaling his interest in Greenland through...
Arctic Report Card 2023: From wildfires to melting sea ice, the...
Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder, and Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder
The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes...
Ronny Rotbarth, Wageningen University; David J. Cooper, Colorado State University; Logan Berner, Northern Arizona University, and Roman Dial, Alaska Pacific University
Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving...
Brianna Rick, University of Alaska Anchorage
In August 2023, residents of Juneau, Alaska, watched as the Mendenhall River swelled...
Biden restores roadless protection to the Tongass, North America’s largest rainforest
Beverly Law, Oregon State University
Ask people to find the world’s rainforests on a globe, and most will probably...
Alaska on fire: Thousands of lightning strikes and a warming climate...
Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska is on pace for another historic wildfire year, with its fastest start...
Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own...
Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Gardeners in Alaska know that it’s hard to grow big, juicy tomatoes here....
Rural Alaska has a bridge problem as permafrost thaws and crossing...
Guangqing Chi, Penn State; Davin Holen, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Heather Randell, Penn State; Megan Mucioki, Penn State, and Rebecca Napolitano, Penn...
EXPLORING NATURE
Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks
Kristina P. Brant, Penn State
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....
