The Air Force has agreed to delay its plans to demolish the $300 million HAARP research facility near Glennallen.
Science & Tech
Historic quake disrupts life, habitat in Aleutians
At a magnitude 7.9, the deep-sea earthquake that struck on June 23 was the most powerful to hit the Western Aleutians in 50 years.
National Geographic remaps melting Arctic
Arctic sea ice is rapidly shrinking, but National Geographic is only on its ninth edition of its Atlas of the World since 1963.
Lacking sea ice, seal pups populate Nome beaches
Sea ice broke up earlier this spring following a warm winter, and without ice to sunbathe on, the seal pups have been heading to the beaches.
Public comment begins for sea lion protections
NOAA is opening public comment on a plan to relax Steller sea lion protections and allow more commercial fishing in the western Aleutian Islands.
Why do two major Alaska rivers flow north?
Alaska’s landscape has an unusual feature that allows us to enjoy cheap bananas in the Interior and other things that make life possible in the subarctic.