Most of the water from glaciers comes from the West Fork of Eklutna River, where the Eklutna Glacier covers about 46 percent of the basin's surface area. About 12 percent of the East Fork of ...

A new study quantifies the rate at which Eklutna Glacier is losing its icy mass. Between 1957 and 2010, the "deglaciation discharge dividend" — the degree to which water running off the glacier ...

Anchorage is one of the few North American cities that depend on a glacier for most of their drinking water. The Eklutna glacier also provides some of the city's electricity, through hydro power.

The city of Anchorage, where most of the drinking water comes from Eklutna Glacier. (iStock) The days are numbered for the glacier that provides most of the drinking water for Alaska’s largest city.

has been bringing students on an annual research trip in May to collect samples on the Eklutna Glacier near Anchorage for over a decade—but he’s had to shift it to April because melting is ...

Fun fact: Much of Anchorage's drinking water is glacial water, though it's not collected straight from the glacier's surface. According to the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility, Eklutna Lake ...

High waters have swamped the edge of Eklutna Lake, seen on Tuesday, and caused damage to the 13-mile trail that skirts the glacier-fed waterbody. A $234,000 project approved by state lawmakers ...

Whether you're traveling out to the far flung, black sand beaches of the Aleutian Islands or deep in the woods of Tongass National Forest, where hikers can safely watch bears in their own habitat ...

Anchorage is one of the few North American cities that depend on a glacier for most of their drinking water. The Eklutna glacier also provides some of the city's electricity, through hydro power.