This marks the first summer that the weather service in Alaska has issued heat advisories to share with residents what they can do to mitigate hot conditions. Climate scientists say those notices are likely to become common.

Unusual Stellar sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) sighting in Utqiaġvik.

Thinner sea ice and melting permafrost. Is it related to changes in the Earth's axis?

Permafrost thaw is affecting houses, roads, and ice cellars.

A September storm caused damage in Utqiagvik, and Gov. Bill Walker declared a disaster there last month.

Biologists are trying to determine what's ailing ringed seals that live off Alaska's Arctic coast. Scores of seals stranded on beaches this summer appeared to have skin lesions, and dozens have died.

Beetles seen moving around on geese