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.
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Falling Glacier Chunk Strands 2 Skaters on Frozen Alaska Lake
Ice climbers helped rescue two skaters who were stranded after a glacier collapsed and left them on the shore of Portage Lake, Alaska Girdwood Fire and Rescue/Facebook Two people were stranded and ...
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79-year-old missing after setting out alone to skate on frozen Alaska lake, police say
A 79-year-old man went missing in Alaska after skating on a frozen lake, officials said. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash A 79-year-old man is missing after going ice skating on a frozen Alaska ...
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Falling glacier chunk strands two people on frozen Alaska lake, officials say
Two people became stranded after a piece of glacier broke off onto Portage Lake in Alaska, officials said. Photo from Girdwood Fire and Rescue's Facebook post Ice climbers came to the rescue of ...
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Falling glacier chunk strands two people on frozen lake
Ice climbers came to the rescue of two people who became stranded when a piece of glacier broke off and crashed onto a lake in Alaska, officials said. No one was hurt in the incident, which ...
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Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest lake’
The lake was always known for its pristine waters, but in 2013 scientists published research on the lake’s clarity, revealing that, like pure water, it had a visibility of between 70 and 80 ...
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Bodies of all 10 victims of Alaska plane crash have been recovered and ID’d, officials say
The bodies of all 10 people who were killed when a regional airline flight crashed off the coast of western Alaska have been recovered and identified, authorities said Saturday. “All ten ...