The aquatic chemistry and flow rates in Interior Alaska’s streams are shifting in response to thawing permafrost and increased rainfall, a new study reports. The study authors found that groundwater makes up a greater portion of streamflow in areas with less permafrost. The paper, published in the June 2025 issue of Water Resources Research, was co-authored […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Thursday reintroduced their Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act, which supports the development of hydroelectricity infrastructure by establishing a federal tax incentive to increase security and capacity of existing dams. This comes after Murkowski recently cosponsored legislation introduced by Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana) […]
Washington, DC –U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced bipartisan legislation that will bolster emergency preparedness by improving atmospheric river forecasting to more precisely predict the timing and location of these storms. The Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a forecast improvement program within […]
Alaska State Troopers in Bethel were notified that two women were found dead in a residence in Hooper Bay early on Wednesday morning. “Patrol Troopers and Alaska Bureau of Investigation investigators responded to the community from Bethel by aircraft,” troopers report. The troopers have reported that the two women were identified as Novely Rivers and […]