Environment

There are now 140 active Interior wildfires, with Southeast Alaska seeing "abnormally dry" conditions.

ConocoPhillips says it now monitors well pressure more closely and would use more cement to reinforce its wells if needed.

The reason for the uptick in human-triggered avalanches this winter: persistent weak layers in the snowpack.

The case shows how it’s become common for polar bears to disrupt village life in Kaktovik, which sits on an island at the edge of the Beaufort Sea. As climate change melts sea ice and drives the bears ashore, residents say they’ve been under increasing stress.

Amid severely restricted fishing on the Kuskokwim River, one bright spot has been abundant sockeye salmon runs at 30,000 fish daily near Bethel.

If the reservoirs continue to deplete, the Southeast Alaska town could implement its water emergency plan as early as next week.

NWS climatologist Brian Brettschneider says the prospect of Anchorage having more than 134.5 inches of total snowfall this winter is “not looking good.”

Members of a University of Alaska Fairbanks mountaineering class are recovering after being hit by an avalanche in the eastern Alaska Range. The incident has raised questions about the university taking students into the mountains.

Across the globe, 2017 was the second hottest year on record, just behind 2016, according to a European Union monitoring center. Temperatures in Alaska last year were a bit more moderate. 2017 was the 13th warmest year on record. Listen now

The Yukon River has been a majestic icon of power, beauty, and for generations, a sustainable source of food. Salmon reliably returned to the Yukon to provide a stable source of healthy, wild food for communities along its length. But in recent years, those reliable runs have been beleaguered by warming waters, food scarcity and disease, causing closures that have halted long standing traditions for many families. On this episode of Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined by Gabe Canfield, policy coordinator for the Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association, and Holly Carroll, in-season manager for the Yukon River for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to discuss the outlook for the years to come, and the steps that can be taken to protect this vital resource.

Alaska officials say the EPA should focus on Fairbanks wood-stove certifications; the agency wants more improvements, some at power plants.

City officials say crews have made progress. But there are challenges.

Brian Venua joined researchers performing a necropsy on a humpback whale that died near Kodiak. Recently, locals have observed fewer whales in the area.

Last year was Bristol Bay's largest wildfire season on record, as fires in the region trend larger and more numerous amid a warming climate.

Sport and personal-use harvest of razor clams will open this summer on the east side of Cook Inlet for the first time since 2015.

Lawmakers hope the sale of carbon offsets will be a new revenue source. But many of the plan’s details are yet to be determined.

Zombies are real. They’re walking around on the bottom of Alaska’s ocean, mindlessly incubating the next generation of creatures that will, in turn, create even more zombies.

Between 2017 and 2019, pollock surveys in the Gulf of Alaska produced wildly different estimates.

Scientists estimate that most near-surface permafrost will disappear by the end of this century.

PFAS, a chemical used in many forms of firefighting foam, has already contaminated drinking water sources throughout Alaska.