Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.

Should growing glacial lakes be used for energy production and water supply—or remain protected as ecologically valuable ...

Numerous school districts across Southcentral Alaska, including in Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula, and the Mat-Su, closed their doors on Friday due to ongoing weather conditions that have created ...

Alaska is one of, if not the best, places to view dramatic scenery on this planet. For those who don't want to develop mountaineering skills, here is a list of bucket-list-level views, ranging from ...

It’s hard to beat the unique experience of Alaska in the wintertime. Although some might define that trip as the definition of “hardship,” the northernmost state offers rare joys in its coldest months ...

For the first time, Juneau’s famous Mendenhall Glacier is not touching Mendenhall Lake, which was hidden beneath a thick sheet of glacial ice only a couple of hundred years ago. Scientists say this ...

Satellite images from the NASA Earth Observatory have shown that a new island is forming in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. The Alsek Glacier, which once encircled a small mountain known as Prow ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice. FACT FOCUS: As cold hits, Trump asks, ...

This satellite image provided by NASA Earth Observatory shows the retreat of Alsek Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska, as it loses contact with a land mass known as Prow Knob, ...

Of the thousands of glaciers spread across Alaska, only about 700 have names. These ever-evolving features have lacked a centralized source for information about their status, names or interesting ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice. Mauri S. Pelto, a glaciologist at Nichols ...