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Alaska Air Pollution Holds Clues for Other Arctic Climates

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3/25/2022 - By Mark Thiessen. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — In the pristine expanse of Alaska’s interior lies a dirty secret: some of the most polluted winter air in the United States can be found in and around Fairbanks. The Fairbanks North Star Borough, which includes Alaska’s second largest city, routinely exceeds limits… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Arctic
  • climate change

Bridge Proposed Along Section of Slumping Alaska Park Road

  • Coastal News
  • Health & Safety
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1/18/2022 - By Becky Bohrer. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal agency is proposing a large steel bridge along a section of the only road that runs through a premier national park in Alaska — a stretch that officials say has been rapidly slumping amid changes in the climate. About half the… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Denali National Park
  • National Parks
Alaska coast - Image by Dennis Larsen from Pixabay

Study Finds Growing Potential for Toxic Algal Blooms in the Alaskan Arctic

  • Coastal News
10/27/2021 - Changes in the northern Alaskan Arctic ocean environment have reached a point at which a previously rare phenomenon—widespread blooms of toxic algae—could become more commonplace. These blooms potentially threaten a wide range of marine wildlife and the people who rely on local marine resources for food. That is the conclusion… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Toxic Algal Blooms

Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Strikes off Alaska Coast

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10/12/2021 - JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska early Monday in what the Alaska Earthquake Center called an aftershock of a 8.2 quake from late July. Monday’s earthquake was felt throughout the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center. It… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Earthquake
Photo Courtesy of AP / Al Grillo, File.

Salmon Collapse Sends Alaskans on Lower Yukon Scrambling for Scarce Alternatives

  • Coastal News
  • Health & Safety
9/14/2021 - By Zachariah Hughes. Cyril Jones dropped hunks of moose meat off around town to neighbors who might need it. He delivered a hefty rack of ribs, then he doubled back to the river to lug a rump roast and thick brisket slab from the floor of his boat to the… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Salmon

Record Salmon in One Place. Barely Any in Another. Alarm All Around.

  • Fishing
8/15/2021 - By Victoria Petersen. This summer, fishers in the world’s largest wild salmon habitat pulled a record-breaking 65 million sockeye salmon from Alaska’s Bristol Bay, beating the 2018 record by more than three million fish. But on the Yukon River, about 500 miles to the north, salmon were alarmingly absent. This summer’s chum run… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Bristol Bay
  • Sockeye Salmon
Alaska's rugged coastline

Largest US Quake in Half-century Causes Alaska Little Damage

  • Coastal News
  • Health & Safety
  • Nature
7/31/2021 - By Mark Thiessen. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday. The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was reported about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, and it… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Earthquake
Photo Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries.

Alaska Fishermen Join Sleep Deprivation Study

  • Coastal News
  • Fishing
  • Health & Safety
7/7/2021 - By Sabine Poux. For commercial fishermen, the difference between getting a few more hours of sleep or not can sometimes be a question of livelihood. That’s what Jerry Dzugan explains in his classes. He’s the executive director of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, or AMSEA, based in Sitka. “The… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Sleep Study

On the Water in Alaska, Where Salmon Fishing Dreams Live On

  • Coastal News
  • Culture
  • Fishing
4/19/2021 - By Colin Arisman. My camera lens is pressed against the window of the small floatplane as it flies below a thick ceiling of clouds. The mist clings to the hillsides of a temperate rainforest that descend steeply to the rocky coastline of southeast Alaska. The plane banks, and a tiny… SEE MORE
  • Alaska
  • Salmon
Image Courtesy of NOAA.

Slow Start, Higher Prices for Alaska Halibut Season

  • Coastal News
  • Fishing
3/29/2021 - By Laine Welch. Halibut prices for Alaska fishermen for 2021 started out significantly higher than last year, despite sluggish demand and transportation logjams in some regions. The Pacific halibut fishery opened on March 6 and two weeks later only 80 deliveries were made, 46 at Southeast ports and 34 from the Central… SEE MORE
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  • Commercial Fishing
  • Halibut
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