Allowing more flexible hiring rules to fill vacant positions at the Skagway Post Office was the subject of testimony yesterday at the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, a member of the committee, questioned two nominees to the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) about the need to […]
Over a six-hour period on June 5-6 2012, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) collected images in many wavelengths of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. These transits occur in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. […]
Published on Jun 20, 2012 by AKSeaLifeCenter The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) rescued a stranded beluga whale calf from Bristol Bay on Monday June 18, 2012. The animal, estimated at 2 to 3 days old, was found near the Diamond O Cannery in Naknek. The calf was picked up after rescuers called the ASLC, who […]
Sea levels around the world can be expected to rise by several meters in coming centuries, if global warming carries on