Eruption watch at Alaska's Mt. Spurr volcano continues, earthquake swarms reported
Mount Spurr is not the kind of lava-spewing volcano familiar from Hawaii, but instead has historically ejected huge plumes of ...
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National egg shortage tells story of Y-K Delta's rural food system
Across Alaska and the lower 48, eggs have become an expensive luxury, thanks to an outbreak of bird flu. On the ...
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Anchorage’s scarcity of new snow since December sets dismal record
Snow is also scarce in some other parts of Alaska ... s series of storms. “In my 40-plus years, we’ve had the warm chinooks for a small period of time but not for almost three weeks and ...
Air travel safety concerns rise among americans following Washington Crash, AP-NORC poll shows
The poll found that U.S. adults’ confidence in pilots and commercial airlines remains unchanged. About 8 in 10 U.S. adults ...
Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all 80 aboard survive
A Delta Air Lines plane has flipped upon arrival at Toronto’s Pearson Airport and ended up on its roof, injuring 18 people ...
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.
Arctic air over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota as Kentucky flooding death toll rises
The mother and child were swept away Saturday night in Kentucky's Bonnieville community, Hart County Coroner Tony Roberts said. In southeastern Kentucky, a 73-year-old man was found dead in ...
An eruption is possible at Alaska’s Mount Spurr. What we know about the volcano
A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city may be preparing to erupt, according to experts who have been monitoring the ...
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When the Civil War came to Alaska
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ...
Lack of snow north of the Alaska Range prompts Iditarod to move official start to Fairbanks
A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world’s most famous sled dog race to move the ...
Arctic air sweeping south over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota
Arctic air gripping the Plains has broken cold-weather records in North Dakota. The capital city of Bismarck dropped to minus ...
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Early snowmelt could accelerate Alaska’s wildfire seasons, UAF research says
Analysis of almost a century of Alaska fire weather data shows that many of Alaska’s most extreme wildfire seasons started with an early thaw.