Oceans

Antarctica’s ice is melting faster than was thought, say scientists who recently completed the most exhaustive assessment of the ice sheet to date.

Summer is here and with it, the siren call of the ocean waves. That’s certainly the case in Yakutat, home of the Icy Waves Surf Shop.

For over a decade, Lynn Canal gillnetters have hosted a king salmon barbecue each summer to celebrate local fishermen and the start of the fishing season. However, a shortage of kings this year has pushed organizers to change the menu to sockeye and rockfish.

A letter closes the investigation into the gray whale killed last summer on the Kuskokwim River. The final enforcement outcome was a slap on the wrist nine months after the whale swam up the river.

An ongoing dispute over a tax that raises millions for coastal communities is getting its day in court. The owner of a pair of factory trawlers asserts Alaska’s fish landing tax violates the U.S. Constitution.

Mineral exploration companies claim they’re finding more and higher-grade ore across the border in British Columbia. But more drilling doesn’t necessarily mean more development.