In recent years, all five salmon species have shown up in rivers from northeast Alaska to Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic.
Climate Change
As Alaska’s boreal forest warms, land managers face tough questions about how, or whether, to respond
The boreal is warming more rapidly than anywhere on Earth, seeing more intense wildfires, invasive beetles and changing rainfall patterns that’ve caused some parts to shift to grasslands.
Environmental groups ask feds to reconsider the trans-Alaska pipeline and plan for its removal
The pipeline has transported 18 billion barrels of North Slope crude since 1977.
8 young Alaskans reignite a court fight over climate change and fossil fuel development
The case, Sagoonick v. State II, argues that the Alaska constitution includes a right to a livable climate.
An Alaska wildlife refuge is changing its wildfire strategy to limit carbon emissions
Fighting fires to prevent carbon emissions would be a first not just for Alaska but likely for the world’s boreal forests, said the refuge’s superintendent.
A Juneau inventor wants to bring ocean energy to your outlets
Tidal power could be an alternative to burning fossil fuels like diesel and natural gas, which is driving human-caused climate change.