A shipping container full of empty hatchery feed bags fell off a barge near Admiralty Island.
Oceans
Scientists and Inupiaq hunters count bowhead whales. So far, the numbers seem to be on the rise.
Bowheads might be thriving as the sea ice in the Arctic declines. Past bowhead research suggests that the whales were in better physical condition in years with less sea ice.
Toxic algal blooms in Southeast will likely become less predictable with warming seas
Sitka had an early bloom that led to high shellfish toxins in April, and there is currently a paralytic shellfish toxin advisory across Southeast for recreational and subsistence harvest.
Arctic sea ice has been hitting record lows. Scientists just lost a critical tool for studying it.
According to an internal budget document, the Trump administration is seeking to end nearly all of NOAA’s climate research.
New guide for kelp farmers chronicles more than 100 kinds of seaweed found in Alaska
The guide aims to advance the state’s budding mariculture industry at a time when global demand for kelp products is on the rise.
Inland caribou herds aren’t recovering, report says
The 2024 Arctic Report Card also documents increasing sea traffic and thriving ice seals.