coastal erosion

‘It didn’t used to be this way’: Borough Assembly OKs Climate-change Task Force

Tim Ellis

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly approved a resolution Thursday that established a task force that will put together a plan to deal with the…

Changing Arctic

Scientists Expanding Network of Observers to Better Track Arctic Climate Change Impacts

Tim Ellis

A better system for observing Arctic climate change …Scientists like Jeremy Mathis are building a new international system for observing the many changes…

Changing Arctic

Kivalina Relocation Relies on Bureaucracies Adapting to Climate Change ‘Disaster Events’

Tim Ellis

Climate-change lessons-learned in Kivalina …Janet Mitchell says she and many others in Kivalina were encouraged last year when President Obama gave a…

Changing Arctic

Newtok Awaits Relocation Funding, More Than 30 Years After Flood Risk was Documented

Tim Ellis

Newtok’s “climate refugees” still waiting to move to higher ground …Second of three stories about climate change-driven relocation of Alaskan coastal…

Changing Arctic

Flood-endangered Native Village Builds Berm Against Rising Tide to ‘Give Us More Time’

Tim Ellis

Alaskan village builds seawall to hold back a rising tide …“Twenty years from now, this place would probably be under water,” says Rhoda Asicksik, who…

Changing Arctic

Alaska Congressional Delegation Wary of Funding for Climate Change-impact Proposals

Tim Ellis

Federal funding for Arctic climate-change impacts … President Obama took a step last week toward delivering on some of the promises he made in September…