Rainfall in Sitka broke records on Wednesday, and February is shaping up to exceed the month’s typical rainfall by leaps and bounds.
Climate Change
Accusations of ‘greenwashing’ by big oil companies are well-founded, a new study finds
Four major oil companies are not taking concrete steps to live up to their pledges to transition to clean energy, new research has found.
Lingít activist recalls history of Indigenous women protecting the Tongass: ‘The momentum has only grown’
It has been 21 years since the 2001 Roadless Rule for the Tongass National Forest was first established. For the people involved in the battles between industry and subsistence, the tug-of-war over land use in the Tongass National Forest has been going on even longer.
Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years
Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the country’s two largest reservoirs, are only filled at about one-third of their total capacity.
An unexpected item is blocking cities’ climate change prep: obsolete rainfall records
Rainfall reports for some states are 50 years old, which means they don’t reflect how the climate has already changed in recent decades.
Impacts of warming temperatures dominate discussion of Arctic Report Card
Scientists also discussed the impacts of climate change on Native life in the Arctic.