National Snow and Ice Data Center

A recently released study says Yukon River salmon may become too contaminated to eat unless human greenhouse gas emissions slow significantly. KUAC’s Mary…

National Weather Service climate expert Rick Thoman says there’s a good chance that all of Alaska will be warmer than normal in August and the next couple…

It’s been a chilly winter here in the Interior and elsewhere around the state. But for the Arctic Ocean, it’s been one long warm spell. That’s led to…

It’s been a relatively cool and snowy winter here in the Interior, compared with the past couple of winters. But climate experts say the Arctic has been…

Scientists who study Arctic climate say their research will suffer if the Trump administration goes ahead with big budget cuts reportedly under…

An ever-shrinking Arctic polar ice cap …As the mercury plummeted to 40 below last weekend in Alaska’s Interior, temperatures around the North Pole…

Arctic sea-ice cover sets another record low …Extraordinarily warm Arctic air continues to hinder the formation of sea ice around the circumpolar north.…

Sea ice growing slowly in a warming Arctic ...National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate scientist Jessica Blunden last week reported that…

Sea ice extent becoming a climate-change barometer …The National Snow and Ice Data Center last week issued its annual declaration on how much the north…

A near-record loss of sea ice …Despite a relatively cool summer in the far north, the Arctic Ocean’s sea-ice cover continued to shrink. But Julienne…