Climate Change

With coastlines eroding, temperatures rising, and sea ice retreating, Alaska is feeling the effects of a warming planet. But a new federal report suggests fisheries in the state haven’t experienced many observable impacts of climate change so far.

The blob is back. The term was coined a few years ago to describe a warm patch of water in the Gulf of Alaska and Northern Pacific Ocean that can turn the weather warm and dry in the state.

A dead whale found floating near Sitka last week was probably killed by a ship, according to a pathologist who inspected the carcass. The humpback whale was spotted floating in Sitka Sound on Sept. 13. A team from the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the University of Alaska Southeast arrived last weekend to check out the carcass,…

Flood managers suspect August’s big rainstorms and floods in Louisiana are becoming more common there and elsewhere because of climate change. One clue: Much of the damage was beyond the flood plain.

Our Ocean 2016 conference in Washington D.C. will focus on protecting marine areas, mitigating the impacts of climate change, promoting sustainable fisheries and combating illegal fishing, and reducing marine pollution.

Alaska’s glaciers are having an outsized impact on global sea level rise. Dr. Michael Loso, physical scientist at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, explains what’s happening to ice in the Last Frontier.