ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Department of Agriculture “Final Rule†has been issued confirming critical public health changes to the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program that further improve the nutrition and health of the nation’s low-income mothers and young children. The rule will expand Alaskans’ access to a choice of fruits and vegetables, whole grains […]
Research using NASA data is giving new insight into one of the processes causing Greenland's ice sheet to lose mass. A team of scientists used satellite observations and ice thickness measurements gathered by NASA's Operation IceBridge to calculate the rate at which ice flows through Greenland's glaciers into the ocean. The findings of this research […]
Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza, the man who killed his mother before going to the Sandy Hook Elementary school where he slaughtered 26 before taking his own life, spoke publicly in an interview with the New Yorker Magazine.
A federal study released by the US Geological Survey concludes that nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Prince William Sound the population of sea otters has returned to pre-spill numbers.