Scientists look to Alaska to answer question: Could melting glaciers trigger earthquakes?
Researchers have found that past movement in the region could have contributed to the 7.7 magnitude St. Elias earthquake in 1979.
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Camp aims to create homegrown scientists on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
For the first time in memory, Bethel’s tribe put on a science and culture camp for students from the community and nearby villages.
Fairbanks sisters have built robots since they were toddlers. Now they’re competing on a world stage.
Colleen and Katie Johnson, along with Sanjna Ravichandar of New Jersey, make up Team USA for the inaugural FIRST Global Robotics Challenge, whose two days of game play take place Monday and Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
Days and nights baby-sitting a fitful Alaska volcano
These are lively days for Alaska's volcanologists: Bogoslof has erupted 58 times since December.
Ravens prove they’re equal to apes in test of complex reasoning skills
Ravens have a sophisticated ability to plan for the future, new research shows.
Clever humpback whales move in for a meal at Alaska salmon hatcheries
Humpbacks are skilled acrobats, emotive singers and the most ambitious migrators of all mammals. They are also incredibly creative foragers.
As sea ice gets scarcer, polar bear attacks on people become more frequent
More polar bears on land have been encountering more people in the Arctic, a "perfect storm" of dangerous conditions, one scientist says.
Emptied tide pools tell the story of Kachemak Bay’s disrupted ecosystem
Beach walks this summer find many familiar creatures absent. This changing natural world demands attention and caring.
Speedier sea ice in warming Arctic could spread pollution farther
As the Arctic warms, sea ice is traveling between neighbors faster — which could spell disaster during an environmental crisis.
Is the Cook Inlet beluga population stable or in danger? Depends on whom you ask.
Numbers have largely stabilized for the endangered whales that swim off Anchorage, according to the latest population report. Whether that's good or a bad sign is in the eye of the beholder.
Wildfires can cause glaciers to melt from over a thousand miles away, scientists find
Scientists just proved that wildfires dumped a huge amount of soot on the Greenland ice sheet.
2 Bogoslof eruptions send ash clouds miles above Aleutians
If the latest eruptions fit the pattern, another one may be on the way from the restless little Bering Sea volcano.
Sea level rise isn’t just happening, it’s getting faster
The chief cause of the acceleration was the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which went from contributing less than 5 percent of all sea level rise in 1993 to contributing more than 25 percent in 2014, the study found.
Extreme home makeover – turtle edition – at the Anchorage science center
An Anchorage shell-ebrity's fresh new digs would make any turtle even greener with envy.
A walk along Alaska’s oil pipeline reveals a changed landscape
Whether over the course of a single season or a few decades, travel by foot highlights how places change.
Polar bears’ switch to land foods showing up in lowered mercury levels
For polar bears pushed to shore as summer sea ice vanishes, there appears to be a side benefit.
Big, bad predator image aside, wolves are happy to grab a salmon out of a stream
Southwest Alaska wolves eat a lot of salmon, a smart strategy in a fish-rich region when moose and caribou are not easily found, scientists say.
Conservation groups prep for battle over drilling in NPR-A
The battle over oil development under President Trump won't just be fought over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It's also going to focus on the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, to the west.
He may be training for space travel, but Robb Kulin says, 'Alaska is my favorite place on Earth'
The Anchorage-grown astronaut candidate discusses his love for Alaska, and why he hopes humans will settle other planets.
NASA selects longtime Alaskan as astronaut candidate
Robb Kulin and 11 other astronaut candidates were selected from more than 18,300 applications — a record number, NASA says.