A September storm caused damage in Utqiagvik, and Gov. Bill Walker declared a disaster there last month.
Waters were expected to reach their highest levels Monday night and into Tuesday.
Beach walks this summer find many familiar creatures absent. This changing natural world demands attention and caring.
The storm brought winds up to 40 mph to communities from Wainwright to Kaktovik, weather officials said. High waves damaged a road in Utqiagvik, affecting around five houses, residents reported.
District of West Vancouver staff say they cleaned up 40 litres of fat from Ambleside Beach. Vancouver Coastal Health and the province are investigating.
Village wildlife observers worry that the unusual warmth of oceans off Alaska is causing problems throughout the ecosystem.
Even if a storm does hit Western Alaska, thicker sea ice will always be more resistant than last year’s ice was at this time, a climatologist says.
Kachemak Bay has witnessed massive die-offs of sea stars, murres and razor clams. Whats going on?
The pumice blob has the potential to deposit new, healthy coral around the badly damaged Great Barrier Reef, scientists say.
For the fifth consecutive year, influxes of sargassum seaweed have begun piling up on beachfronts in major tourist destinations in Belize.
After the Arctic Ocean recorded its second-lowest summer ice minimum last month, conditions have grown worse across the region. Large parts of the Arctic Ocean, which historically should be covered in new sea ice by now, remain largely ice free.
City released a notice Thursday, saying the water is safe
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Previously, the dredging started around May and ran through October, but the past three winters it has started earlier and run longer.
A new study estimates that climate impacts to public infrastructure in Alaska will total about $5 billion by century's end.
The rapid retreat of Barry Glacier, 28 miles northeast of Whittier, could release millions of tons of rock into Harriman Ford and generate a large tsunami in Prince William Sound, according to Alaska's top geologist.
Aerial surveys this September and October show the bowheads aren’t where they usually are.
Algae blooms have infiltrated much of the Cape Coral canal system, creating a foul odor and a green, spray-paint tint to some of the water.
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