In 2008, Cook Inlet beluga whales were listed as endangered. Their numbers still continue to drop: There are fewer than 300 today, and they’re steadily declining.
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Kodiak Island spaceport preparing to launch satellite for DARPA challenge
Project managers say the challenge encourages rocket designs that are flexible, upgradeable and ready to go in a short period of time.
A second ‘Blob’ marine heat wave has disappeared, but the warming trend will continue, scientists say
The first “Blob” decimated fisheries, caused a mass seabird die-off and spurred toxic algal blooms up and down the coast. As Alaska braced for the second heat wave, it disappeared — at least for now.
Dramatic ocean changes are coming ‘a couple decades too early,’ scientists say
One researcher says now is a key time for studies on Arctic Ocean conditions, before hotter temperatures from climate change become the new normal.
Southeast Alaska has a new marine reptile fossil and it has a Tlingit name
A fossil of a marine reptile in Southeast Alaska has officially been declared a new species and Tlingit elders have named it after a well-known creature in their traditional stories.
Here’s how Alaska is preparing for the Wuhan coronavirus
It’s very similar for preparing for the regular flu season.