Permafrost sounds permanent, but there’s a catch: the top portion, called the active layer, freezes and thaws every year. In ...

According to the year-end summary by the Alaska Climate Research Center, Alaska had one of its warmest years of the past 100 in 2025. The average temperature of 29.6 degrees Fahrenheit was the warmest ...

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A few days ago, the forces beneath Alaska rattled people within a 500-mile radius: A magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier. The earthquake’s main shock and aftershocks have revealed ...

Saturday morning brought something no one in Alaska really wants to wake up to. A powerful earth tore through the region near the Alaska-Canada border, sending shockwaves that reached far beyond the ...

It has been a rainy week in middle Alaska. Blah. But perhaps I judge liquid precipitation a bit harshly. Rain is, after all, the free distribution of a substance more valuable than gold. And, even in ...

Bulk rock geochemical analyses indicate that Graphite Creek hosts an increased proportion of "Magnet REEs" and HREEs relative to LREEs. Garnets, known for housing HREE+Sc+Y in their mineral structure, ...