Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...
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How a warming climate is part of a shift in sled dog genetics
While some changes in mushing come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate. One part of ...
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Energy Emergency and Environmental Rollbacks: What Recent Executive Orders Mean for Environmental Policies and Regulated Industry
Within hours of his inauguration on January 20, 2025, Trump signed 26 executive orders, several of which directly altered United States ...
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...
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A third of the Arctic is now a greenhouse gas emitter, Mass. study finds
A third of the Arctic is now emitting climate-changing greenhouse gasses after thousands of years of storing them, according ...
Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules
The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
As U.S. shivered through polar vortex, one state was unusually warm
It’s been warmer in Alaska than in three dozen other states. If someone asked you, “Where can I go in the United States to ...
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How Trump’s day one orders reveal a White House for big oil
From LNG to drilling in Alaska, here’s everything you need to know about Trump’s energy and climate executive orders ...
F-35 military jet suffers ‘significant damage’ in crash at Alaska base
A U.S. Air Force pilot was reported to be safe after a single-seat F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday at a base in Alaska.
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Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
The report calculates that climate change boosts the frequency of high fire weather conditions in this month’s fires by 35% ...
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What’s in a Name? Mount McKinley and Gulf of America, Explained
Gulf of Where? In the same name-swapping order, designed to take effect by mid-February, Trump declared that the Gulf of ...
Alaska lawmakers signal opposition to Denali name change in resolution
The Alaska House voted Monday to adopt a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his executive order renaming the tallest peak in North America. The bipartisan House majority sought to ...