Antarctica’s ice is melting faster than was thought, say scientists who recently completed the most exhaustive assessment of the ice sheet to date.
Weather
Even a rainforest can experience a drought, weather service says
There are no tumbleweeds blowing through the streets of Southeast Alaska towns, but, the region has received less precipitation than usual over the past nine months.
As the Arctic warms, a changing landscape on the Chukchi Sea
“These ridges that we’re standing on, there would have been more of them, and they would have been bigger,” ice researcher Andy Mahoney says. “The features that we now see, they’re something of a shadow from the past.”
Ask a Climatologist: Anchorage, this gloomy spring is all in your head
Since April, the weather in Anchorage has been a few degrees warmer than normal and also drier than normal.
More rain on the way for wetter-than-average May
This May has been wetter than average in Juneau. As of Friday, the National Weather Service has recorded 2.31 inches of rain at the Juneau International Airport. And more is on the way.
Railroad traffic still stalled as Talkeetna flooding recedes
Flooding that halted Alaska Railroad trains north of Talkeetna on Saturday, has receded, but train traffic remains shut down.