In northern latitudes and high altitudes, permafrost stays frozen year-round, holding mountain summits together. As global ...

No companies bid for the chance to drill in more than 1 million acres of water off Alaska’s Cook Inlet, the Interior ...

The Alaska Supreme Court is considering whether to advance a lawsuit that claims the Alaska Constitution conflicts with a state law that directs construction of a trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.

Northern wildfires can reshape climate for years, sometimes cooling the planet but also releasing carbon from thawing ...

Marybeth Holleman and Naomi Klouda will present ‘Touchstones of Glaciers and Bears: Navigating a Changing Climate’ at Valley ...

Few geological features on Earth carry as much climatic weight as permafrost. The frozen soils encircling the Arctic from ...

Vast carbon reserves lie hidden beneath farms, forests, and frozen Arctic soil. These underground stores, built over ...

New Canadian-led research into northern resident killer whales suggests even when food is plentiful, orca moms struggle to ...

Forest managers in the eastern Cascades selectively thin forests to promote wildfire resilience. New research from the ...

Indigenous peoples have used forest thinning to protect against wildfires for millennia. These traditional methods – ...

Forest thinning found to improve the ‘hydrological resilience’ of forests in addition to preventing wildfires.

John McClaughry, an 88-year-old former train-hopping Eagle Scout turned storied political gadfly, has led gatherings in the Northeast Kingdom outpost of Kirby since 1967.