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Local Alaska egg producers fill cracks during shortage

NOAA denies emergency request to close red king crab savings areas

More than $13 million in federal funding earmarked for Bristol Bay

There's a lot of talk about what we would gain from the Ambler Road. But what would we lose?

Rare attack in Alaska renews interest in polar bear patrols

Ice lies thick over Russian Arctic waters, but this winter might be record warm

Hard rain

How far can $25 million go to relocate a community that’s disappearing into Alaska’s melting permafrost?

Alaska's cold climate 'luck' with three consecutive La Niña years is about to run out

More industry must be placed where power is produced

Possible record year for arctic fox in Nordics with 762 cubs counted in 2022

LKAB discovers large rare earth metals deposit in northern Sweden

Congress approves development of national One Health coordination plan, other veterinary funding priorities

A real scramble: State suffers an egg shortage

It's warmer than normal in many parts of the North — and it's going to stay that way for awhile

December was Anchorage’s wettest and second snowiest on record

Why Are Alaska's Rivers Turning Orange?

In northernmost Alaska, a battle is on to limit the damages of permafrost thaw

Anchorage is still struggling to remove snow, weeks after a trio of winter storms

After 30 years in decline, Yukon's Finlayson caribou herd may be on the upswing, gov't says

The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis

Warming climate, wacky weather create skating trail trials and tribulations

Climate change seen as suspected factor in Western Arctic Caribou Herd decline

Researchers discuss more salmon appearing in Arctic

In the district capital, the estuary did not freeze, in Pevek it warmed up to +4

An Unmistakable Stain in America’s Most Pristine Rivers

Ancient moose antlers hint of early arrival on Alaska's North Slope

State downsizes bison hunt after a third of Delta herd starves to death

Washing away

Garbage collection from the coast and tundra after the storm was completed in the village of Rytkuchi

Dead bowheads in Beaufort and Chukchi point to increased killer whale presence in Arctic

Dungeness crab summer harvest drops $10M from previous season

As climate change progresses, trees in cities struggle

St. Paul government declares emergency in attempt to get ahead of looming crab crash

Nome-Council Road passable again after suffering significant damage from severe September storm

Climate change driving narwhals to change migration timings

Bering Sea king and snow crab seasons canceled amid population declines

Haines’ changing alpine permafrost

Under threat of thaw, some North Slope ice cellars will get tech upgrades to stay frozen

Frogs in Trouble - Gates Of The Arctic National Park and Preserve

Southeast Alaska wolves eat over 60 prey species, study finds — including sea otter

Southeast Alaska wolves eat over 60 prey species, study finds — including sea otter

NASA Warns Methane Is Being Belched From Newly Formed Lakes

As support streams in, one village still accounting for what was lost in Western Alaska storm

Wildfire smoke may have amplified arctic phytoplankton bloom

Typhoon Merbok pounded Alaska’s vulnerable coastal communities at a critical time

Western Alaska braces for strong storm and possible floods

Kebnekaise's southern peak has not shrunk any further this year

As Yukon River chinook disappear, so does a way of life

With record use, Chugach State Park feels new pressures

Store-bought milkweed plants can expose monarch caterpillars to harmful pesticides

Arctic lakes are vanishing in surprise climate finding

Saxitoxin detected in regional clam

Authorities warn subsistence users about potentially harmful algal blooms

Alaska’s snow crabs have disappeared. Where they went is a mystery.

Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases

Grain Farmer Fights Off Swan Invasion with Falcon-Shaped Kites

As Arctic Temperatures Rise, Polar Bears Are Eating More Garbage

Believes there is a disturbing process taking place in the world's lakes

Two aging oil tankers are breaking their way through Arctic sea-ice

Big fish sightings are spiking. Climate change may be the cause.

Avian flu outbreak affects wide range of species

Recent Increase in Seal Deaths in Maine Linked to Avian Flu

Subsistence fishers request a decrease of salmon bycatch

New Plant to Capture Ten Times More CO2 from Atmosphere at Hellisheiði

Pollutants from far distances found in Bering Sea animals hunted by Indigenous people

New assessment of mercury levels and health risks in Arctic sea and wading birds

Avian influenza cases have doubled statewide, but no reports from the North Slope yet

HPAI confirmed on Yukon Delta NWR

Management council declines action on Bering Sea bycatch to address Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon subsistence worries

Among butter clams, which pose toxin dangers to Alaska harvesters, size matters, study indicates

Alaska seeks federal air quality waiver due to wildfire smoke impact

Ancient disks revealed unsettled climate change in Svalbard

Amid Alaska’s permafrost areas, more soil is staying thawed year-round, UAF scientists find