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Alaska fishing industry reels as key ocean monitoring network goes dark during salmon, crab crashes

"The value of this network is that you get oceanographic information from the entire water column." ...

Feds sending $99 million in aid to address three declared Alaska fishery disasters

Alaska has been allocated about $99 million in new fishery disaster assistance, making up the majority of the $123.6 million ...
Newsweek

Alaska Lakes Warning Over Rare Hazard’s ‘Surprising’ Rise

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Alaska lakes are experiencing a surprising rise in a rare hazard, now ...
UPI

Alaska's glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of floods

March 10 (UPI) --Every summer, people living near the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, keep a close eye on the water level. When the river level begins to rise rapidly, it's a sign that Suicide ...
Newsweek

NASA Images Reveal Stark Changes in Alaska’s Lakes

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In the southeastern reaches of Alaska, landscapes are being ...
Phys.org

Alaska's lakes and ponds reveal effects of permafrost thaw

As climate change warms the Arctic, permafrost is thawing, and carbon trapped within the soil is moving into the atmosphere. Permafrost stores twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, but the degree to ...
New Haven Register

Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Dan McGrath, Colorado State University (THE CONVERSATION) Every summer, people living ...