Barry Arm is a test case in a place where melting glaciers, steep slopes and narrow fjords can produce tsunami-generating ...

NASA's Earth Observatory has announced that Alaska has a "brand new island" after a retreating glacier lost contact with the ...

Throughout August 2025, sea ice rapidly melted and compacted north of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea, initiated by a warm pulse ...

While paddling a glacial lake complete with icebergs and milky blue water, I dipped my left hand, then tasted my fingers.

The research is a first step towards understanding the risks that ships could pose to birds in Alaska’s waters.

Tom Westerholm is a Life & Trends Reporter for Newsweek based in Michigan. His work is focused on reporting on trending topics. Tom joined Newsweek in 2023 from Boston.com and previously worked at ...

Sea otter handicrafts made by Anthony Charles on display at the Arts in the Cove festival on Prince of Wales Island on Aug. 8, 2025. For about a decade, Scott Jackson had a system. He was the owner of ...

Arctic sea ice has been melting at a slower rate for the past 20 years, despite human-induced global warming. This comes at a time of record warming, debates about whether global warming is ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - Communities in Alaska have issued flood warnings and evacuations as the glacial release from Suicide Basin above Mendenhall Lake has begun. The release is expected to ...

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be ...