National Weather Service to launch first heat advisories in Fairbanks and Juneau this summer in response to climate change.
Twenty-three of the 25 fires so far this year were ignited by human activity. While this year’s heavy snowpack and cold spring pushed back the start to fire season in many parts of the state, climate change is generally causing an earlier snowmelt, said climatologist Rick Thoman.
Anchorage-based photographer saw something wild — a sudden, bright light on the northern horizon that quickly started to take on a spiral shape as it drew nearer. The spiral “appears to be rocket engine exhaust from a SpaceX Transporter-7 mission that launched on the Falcon 9 about three hours earlier in California.”
Denali receives a foot of snow in mid-winter storm. Interior areas, including Fairbanks, also received high amounts of snow.
The bear had entered buildings and food caches, according to National Park Service officials.
A new report identifies climate change as one of the challenges facing transportation in Alaska's most famous national park.
Bugs of various shapes and sizes are part of life in Alaska, and it can be easy for them to escape notice.
They're a parasite many people don't think live in Alaska, but Fish and Game says ticks are here and their numbers are on the rise.
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