Unusual weather patterns and climate change have been driving stark changes in the northwestern state. Now, new satellite ...

Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell ned.rozell@alaska.edu is ...

Those Alaskans, working for the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, were the first North American scientists to see the satellite, which was the size and shape of a ...

The United States satellite images displayed are infrared (IR) images. Warmest (lowest) clouds are shown in white; coldest (highest) clouds are displayed in shades of yellow, red, and purple.

Now, new satellite images show the extent of this transformation. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.