This story originally appeared in High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last summer, across southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region—home to the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world—tens of thousands of fish washed up dead along riverbanks. Rivers running at temperatures above the threshold for salmon health were killing the […]
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Matthew Cappucci is an outstanding meteorologist and writer for the Washington Post Capital Weather Gang. Earlier this week, he wrote an excellent piece about the extremely cold temperatures in Alaska. A key message was even though parts of Alaska plummeted to colder than -50 deg F this week, the state is still on pace for
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Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location: a tiny island that forms the tip of an active undersea volcano. Vents on Bogoslof Island continue to spew mud, steam and sulfurous gases two years after an
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Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. In the realm of annoying airlines, Alaska doesn’t generally win, place or even show. It’s often voted the best U.S. airline. Which may not be saying that much, but certainly shows a spirited attempt at customer service.
