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ScienceFeb 1, 2026

Collar cams offer a bear's eye view into the lives of grizzlies on Alaska's desolate North Slope

Researchers at Washington State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are using collar cams to study a remote population of grizzly bears on Alaska's North Slope

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ScienceDec 6, 2024

Earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska's largest city raise concerns

An increase in the number of earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska’s largest city this year has geologists paying attention

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ScienceSep 6, 2023

Alaskan fishers fear another bleak season as crab populations dwindle in warming waters

Crab fishermen in Alaska have been scrambling to stay afloat after two years of the Bering Sea fishery being closed or severely curtailed due to plummeting crab numbers

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ScienceJul 25, 2023

Permafrost expert and military pilot among 4 killed in a helicopter crash on Alaska's North Slope

Friends and family are remembering the three passengers and pilot killed when a helicopter crashed on Alaska's remote North Slope late last week

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ScienceJul 18, 2023

Alaska volcano's week-long eruption spews another massive ash cloud

An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large Tuesday warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions

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ScienceJul 15, 2023

Alaska volcano spews ash cloud high enough to draw weather service warning for pilots

An erupting volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands sent up a cloud of ash Friday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an inflight warning to pilots

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ScienceJul 12, 2022

US agency studies rare whale habitat expansion request

The U.S. government has agreed to a request from environmental groups to study increasing critical habitat designations in Alaska waters for one of the rarest species in the world

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General newsJun 11, 2022

Large tundra wildfire in southwest Alaska threatens villages

The largest documented wildfire burning through tundra in southwest Alaska is within miles of two Alaska Native villages

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General newsMay 26, 2022

An ocean first: Underwater drone tracks CO2 in Alaska gulf

In the choppy, cold waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, oceanographers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have been conducting tests this spring with a drone that goes underwater

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