Researchers say that some research institutes may close if draft funding cuts at NOAA become a reality, creating a chilling ...

Cloudy weather has rendered Alaska Volcano Observatory planes, helicopters and satellites useless for data collection since ...

Tundra swans — at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost 6 feet — are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of ...

Fascinated by the unique, divergent paths of the two populations of tundra swans, Ely and others studied which group, ...

Mount Spurr, a volcano 78 miles from Anchorage, is being monitored for signs of a possible eruption. If it blows, Mount Spurr ...

Sea ice in the Arctic was at a record low this winter, according to research released earlier this month from the University ...

said Alaska Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge Matt Haney. Poor weather conditions have inhibited scientists from measuring Spurr’s gas emissions — whether by helicopter or by satellite ...

Daniel Ksepka, the curator of a new display at the Bruce Museum, said he focused on Alaska because it is ‘on the front line’ ...