Scrubbers filter heavy fuel oil exhaust, but environmental advocates say they transfer air pollution into Alaska’s waters. Some Juneau residents want to see that change.
Oceans
An Alaska whale expert’s message in a bottle washed up in Scotland, years after his death
John Craighead George had a tradition of sending out messages in bottles after each whale census. This is just the second known to be found.
New APU lab will help Alaska communities test for microplastics
A new team at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage is studying microplastics — the tiny particles of plastic found in nearly every environment that can likely work their way into human tissues — with a a $5 million grant it got last year from NASA.
‘Pure chaos out of nowhere’: Mega-landslide and tsunami rip through Tracy Arm south of Juneau
Waves that may have reached 100 feet scoured an inlet that’s frequented by cruise ships, tour vessels and pleasure boats.
Aleutian communities on edge after massive earthquake sends waves to U.S. coasts
A tsunami advisory was lifted for the Aleutians and the Pribilof Islands Wednesday morning, after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
Tsunami warning lifted for Aleutians, advisory still in effect following M8.8 earthquake in Russia
Alaska communities in the Aleutians were under a tsunami advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.