In Nunapitchuk, for example, water damage during the 2020 floods rendered several homes uninhabitable, forcing some displaced ...

Meteorologists and astronomers call the lengthy bright stretch there “polar day.” It’s the opposite of “polar night,” or the ...

Bonding with ice age survivors is a tradition in Palmer, Alaska, where a Musk Ox farm draws 1,500 visitors on Mother's day.

Orndahl et al, Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome, Remote Sensing of Environment (2025).

Revisions to U.S. Outer Continental Shelf planning areas off Alaska are shown in this map from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The proposed High Arctic area is new and based on recent U.S.

Living in the tundra regions of the Arctic, it has developed several unique traits that enable it to thrive in this unforgiving environment. A thick fur coat that changes color between summer and ...

As a result, after batting around the idea for a while, National Weather Service offices in Juneau and Fairbanks, Alaska, will start issuing heat advisories for the first time this summer ...

and Northern Alaska. Here, they nest on the ground in colonies, laying one to three eggs. The breeding season is timed to exploit the rich abundance of food in the Arctic summer, ensuring their young ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU ... just dig them from the tundra. It’s illegal to do it in a number of places,” Billman said. Billman recommends asking friends to share, either by dividing plants or taking ...

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