Alaska has been America's canary in the coal mine for climate warming, and the yellow bird is swooning. July was Alaska's warmest month ever, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sea ice melted. Bering Sea fish swam in above-normal temperatures. So did children in ...
Russia flies nuclear-capable bombers to region facing Alaska
Russia said on Wednesday it had flown two nuclear-capable TU-160 bombers to a far eastern Russian region opposite Alaska as part of a training exercise that state media said showed Moscow's ability to park nuclear arms on America's doorstep. The Tupolev TU-160 strategic bomber, nicknamed ...
Alaska scientists say polar bear encounters to increase as sea habitat shrinks
Alaska scientists say the chances of a polar bear encounter have increased after research reveals the bears are arriving on shore earlier and staying on land longer, a report said. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey found changes in sea ice habitat have coincided with ...
Israel and U.S. test long-range missile defense system in Alaska
Israel and the United States completed a series of tests of the new long-range missile defense system in Alaska. A spokesperson with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in a statement the Arrow Weapon System testing including the successful interception of an "enemy" target. The ...
Trump administration and native Alaskans strike deal on road through wildlife refuge
The Trump administration has resurrected a plan to carve a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, less than four months after a federal judge struck down an earlier plan as illegal. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and the chief executive of a native Alaskan ...
When an unusually large number of puffin carcasses began to wash ashore on Alaska's remote St. Paul Island in the fall of 2016, the local tribal population grew alarmed. At first they suspected the seabirds might have avian flu — but labs on the mainland ...
Not so fast: Trump's Alaska drilling study slammed by U.S. wildlife regulator
The Trump administration failed to adequately consider oil spills, climate change and the welfare of polar bears in its expedited study of proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to comments published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week. The unusually ...
Fukushima radioactive contaminants found as far north as Alaska's Bering Strait
Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant crippled by tsunami in 2011 has drifted as far north as waters off a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait, scientists said on Wednesday. Analysis of seawater collected last year near St. Lawrence Island ...
Trump declares all Islamic State territory retaken, contradicting allied commander
President Donald Trump told American troops on Thursday that U.S.-backed forces in Syria have retaken 100 percent of the territory once held by Islamic State militants, contradicting the commander of the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, who said it would take another week. "We just took ...
Norway's Arctic islands at risk of 'devastating' warming, report says
Icy Arctic islands north of Norway are warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth and more avalanches, rain and mud may cause "devastating" changes by 2100, a Norwegian report said on Monday. The thaw on the remote Svalbard islands, home to 2,300 people and where ...
Back-to-back earthquakes shatter roads and windows in Alaska
Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday in Anchorage and the surrounding area, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami warning for islands and coastal areas south of the city. No tsunami arrived and there were ...
Alaska's Gov. Bill Walker ends re-election bid; independent throws support to Democrat
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, a political independent, halted his re-election campaign on Friday and endorsed his Democratic challenger, ending a three-way race in which the Republican candidate had appeared to possess an insurmountable lead. With just 18 days remaining before the Nov. 6 election, Walker, ...
