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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…
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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…
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Updated: The Iditarod Trail Committee on Friday announced this year's race will restart beginning at 11 a.m. Monday at the starting line on Hoselton Road,…
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The ebb and flow of Arctic sea ice …National Weather Service climate specialist Rick Thoman has talked a lot about sparse sea-ice formation in many areas…
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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…
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Arctic sea-ice cover sets another record low …Extraordinarily warm Arctic air continues to hinder the formation of sea ice around the circumpolar north.…
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Thawing permafrost threatens infrastructure …A new study says the thawing of permafrost accelerated by a warming climate could destabilize at least a…
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A record-warm year in the Arctic, partly due to climate change …The persistently warm temperatures recorded throughout Alaska and the Arctic last year…
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Twenty-sixteen was the warmest year in Alaska since the National Weather Service began keeping records in the state more than a hundred years ago. Two…
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Rethinking road-building in a warming Arctic …Rush-hour traffic if often heavy on Thompson Drive. Most vehicles move along at a brisk pace, probably over…