DHSS today announced 55 new people with COVID-19 in Alaska. 51 are residents in 13 communities: Anchorage (21), Fairbanks (14), Homer (2), City of Kenai (3), North Pole (2), Wasilla (2), and one each in Eagle River, Juneau, Nome, Nome Census Area, Palmer, Seward and Willow. The total number of Alaska cases is now […]
Starting today our fabulous friends at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will be counting our moose in the Anchorage Bowl. And they need your help to do it!!! Beginning at 8am this morning through 5pm on Sunday, February 23rd, you may report moose sightings by either calling 907-267-2530, texting to 907-782-5051, or […]
Today, NOAA Fisheries released its biennial abundance estimate for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales. Scientists estimated that the population size is between 250 and 317, with a median estimate of 279. The population is estimated to be smaller and declining more quickly than previously thought. Abundance estimates can vary from year to year due to a […]
Mini-microplastics uncovered in the stomachs of filter-feeding marine organisms Nothing seems safe from plastic contamination. A new study by NSF-funded researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests there could be a million times more pieces of plastic in the ocean than previously estimated. Biological oceanographer Jennifer Brandon found some of the tiniest microplastics in seawater at much higher […]