The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further to climate change. University of Alaska Southeast Professor of Environmental Science Eran Hood was part of an international research team led by the University of Leeds that has for the first time linked glacier-fed mountain rivers with higher […]
DHSS today announced 383 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska over the past three days. 372 were residents in: Anchorage (103), Wasilla (80), Eagle River (24), Fairbanks (21), Delta Junction (18), Palmer (18), Bethel Census Area (17), Chugiak (15), Juneau (10), North Pole (9), Ketchikan (6), Soldotna (6), Homer (5), Kenai (5), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area […]
(KETCHIKAN, Alaska) – On March 10, 2021, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) finalized the sale of the AMHS vessels Fairweather and Chenega to Servicios y Concesiones Maritimas Ibicencas S.A. of Ibiza, Spain. The sale price for Chenega was $3,111,111, and the Fairweather sold for $2,063,333, for a total of $5,174,444. AMHS […]
In mid-March, it is snowing once again in Fairbanks, as it has snowed on many days since October. That makes it a good day to pick up Matthew Sturm’s new book, “Field Guide to Snow.” Sturm is a snow scientist at University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute who has studied Alaska’s most common ground cover […]