Remembering Sherry Simpson and her gift of keen observation
Simpson recently died unexpectedly, but she left behind volumes of incisive writings and a collection of writers she taught and inspired.
Even as sea ice dwindles, ocean around Bering Strait still captures bits of carbon
“This could be a region of resilience,” said Steffi O’Daly, a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.
Saying goodbye to a raffish glacier scientist
Considered a luminary in his field, Will Harrison mapped out and executed studies of glaciers from Antarctica to Greenland.
Steller sea lions from the western Aleutians have a higher level of mercury. Where does it come from?
An Alaska scientist is working down the food chain testing samples of fish and squid to try to find out why.
Tracking down a fireball in the sky over Alaska
At villages in northwestern and central Alaska, from McGrath to Wainwright, people saw what scientists think was a meteorite.
Ravens and crows are hard to fool. These scientists and researchers have tried.
Biologist Stacia Backensto fabricated an elaborate disguise — and even walked with a different gait — in order to trick the birds.
Why is cold tolerance so unique to each individual?
One researched posited that people who were moody and worrisome shivered less than people with sunnier personalities.
The scents, sights and sounds of fall equinox in Alaska
As temperatures dip, nature responds by changing color and releasing familiar aromas.
Sediment sample from remote island offers insight into Bering Sea ice over the last 5,000 years
Eight years ago, 85-year-old scientist David Klein harvested a vital sample from desolate St. Matthew Island. Now, the results from the core suggest that the Bering Sea is in a warm state unlike any in the past several thousand years.
Earthquake and insect discoveries made on an Alaska road trip
Shaken from a earthquake centered near Valdez, the author avoided the sting of the stable bug population.
Return to crash site is emotional, healing
Jones remembers the impact, and suddenly skidding to a stop, the plane upside-down.
Why are spruce trees turning orange in the Alaska Range?
The answer to the Tang-colored mystery involves tiny spruce needle rust fungus spores that also rely on Labrador tea plants to survive.