Pine Island Glacier is one of the biggest routes for ice to flow from Antarctica into the sea. The floating ice shelf at the glacier’s tip has been melting and thinning for the past four decades, causing the glacier to speed up and discharge more ice.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2014 – Marines evacuated about 20 U.S. Embassy staff members from the deteriorating security situation in Juba, South Sudan, on the same day the State Department announced it will add $49.8 million to humanitarian assistance the United States has provided to help victims of the conflict there.
Alaska State troopers with the Bureau of Highway Patrol responded to a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report of a vehicle weaving in the roadway then going into the ditch.
While on patrol on Church Road in Wasilla, the Alaska State Trooper BHP attempted to stop a black 2001 Dodge SUV for an equipment violation at 10:15 pm on New Years Day.