Until 2015, tundra fires in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta were small and infrequent. That changed suddenly seven years ago.
Climate Change
Congress directs Interior Department to hold Cook Inlet lease sale this year
Several previous Cook Inlet lease sales have canceled due to lack of industry interest.
Arctic Road Rally aims to show electric vehicles’ potential in Alaska
Ten electric vehicles set out Friday from Fairbanks on a thousand-mile journey up the Dalton Highway and back.
Just Answers: Where the U.S. House special election candidates stand on climate change in Alaska
To help Alaskans sort through U.S. House candidates, Alaska Public Media is asking each where they stand on the issues.
The Arctic is heating up nearly 4 times faster than the whole planet, study finds
The Arctic is very sensitive to climate change. In the last 40 years, the region has warmed much more rapidly than the Earth as a whole, a new study finds.
On Utqiagvik’s edge, an observatory measures the gases that are warming the Arctic and the planet
NOAA’s Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory got a big upgrade enabling more science at a time when climate-change conditions are getting worse.