Anna Canny, KTOO - Juneau
University of Alaska gets $20M to study effects of climate change on fishing and harvesting in the Gulf of Alaska
The Interface of Change project will support five years of research to boost climate resilience for mariculture and traditional harvesting.
Conservation groups add land to the Kootznoowoo Wilderness
The vast Tongass National Forest just grew a little bit larger. The five-acre Wheeler Property is an important habitat for salmon and brown bears.
Scientists, Alaska Native leaders say the Arctic faces a growing crisis from plastic waste
The authors of a new report will join representatives from more than 180 other countries to negotiate a United Nations plastics treaty.
Landslide-triggered tsunamis can strike without warning. Alaska researchers are trying to change that.
Human-caused climate change may lead to more wave-generating slides. A new method could help detect them in time.
Kensington Gold Mine near Juneau reports 105,000-gallon tailings spill
Staff at the mine, about 45 miles north of Juneau, said the spill happened in late January after an underground pipeline leaked.
Technology that detects volcanoes and nuclear explosions will listen for avalanches in Juneau
Picking up infrasound could help Alaska Department of Transportation to track high mountain avalanches that often go undetected.
Study reveals 30% decline in Alaska humpbacks in last decade
The study found that almost 7,000 North Pacific humpbacks went missing between 2012 and 2021, during a marine heatwave known as “the blob.”
Climate change is making it harder to survey pollock in the Gulf of Alaska
Between 2017 and 2019, pollock surveys in the Gulf of Alaska produced wildly different estimates.
Roofs collapse, boats sink under the weight of Juneau’s heavy snow
Two storms have dropped more than 60 inches, which puts 2024 in a tie for the city’s second snowiest January.
Juneau’s deadliest landslide tore through downtown like a ‘mighty grinder.’ Now it’s a fading memory.
The devastation of Nov. 22, 1936 may hold important lessons for a future where landslides could be even more common.
Juneau’s Thane Road closed after avalanches during Monday snowstorm
Up to two feet of snow covered the road south of Juneau, with road crews expected to perform avalanche mitigation work Tuesday afternoon.
Salmon compete with mining companies as melting glaciers reveal new habitat
Climate change aided by fossil fuels means many of western Canada and Southeast Alaska’s glaciers could melt away by the end of the century.
‘We’re always going to be surprised’: Wrangell’s tragedy highlights Alaska’s lack of landslide monitoring
Scientists say Southeast Alaska mostly lacks the kinds of monitoring that could make people safer.
‘We could still hear the hillside cracking’: How Wrangellites helped each other after the landslide
People stuck on the far side of the fatal Nov. 20 slide described a night of confusion and an improvised evacuation.
A Wrangell man’s retirement project has become a lifeline for families cut off by deadly landslide
Dozens of homes still lack power, internet and road access.
Wrangell search and rescue efforts continue after deadly landslide
At last report, there were three confirmed fatalities in the landslide, one known survivor and three people still missing.
Blizzard could bring 14 inches of snow to Juneau by Tuesday morning
AEL&P said crews were responding Monday morning to a power outage affecting Thane and Downtown Juneau.
Alaska communities must adapt as climate change transforms state, federal report says
Declining sea ice, thinning snowpack, thawing permafrost and other climate-driven changes are threatening Alaskans statewide, the report says.
Juneau seeks public testimony on flood mitigation along Mendenhall River
Many residents have already set to work rebuilding eroded land. But now, the city will consider stepping in to help with bank stabilization.
State’s draft energy plan highlights familiar Alaska megaprojects, offers vague plans for renewables
The draft lays out some broad intentions to bring more renewable energy to the state. It also calls for the controversial Alaska LNG pipeline.