"The warm temperatures caused existing snow and ice to melt and new precipitation to fall as rain." As climate change heats up the planet, Arctic regions such as Alaska are experiencing dramatic ...

Researchers concluded that the world’s glaciers have lost about 5% of their ice since 2000 – and that they’re melting faster than ever. But Alaska takes the cake. The report says the state ...

On Alaska’s Harding Icefield ... tinge on the ice from those microbial residents helps explain why the ice sheet is melting faster than expected from climate change alone.

The archaeological site of Nunalleq on the southwest coast of Alaska preserves a fateful moment ... of the Earth now known as the Little Ice Age—that coincided with Nunalleq’s occupation.

Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world's mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s.

May 12, 2022 May 12, 2022 Updated Jun 16, 2023 Alaska is undergoing a dynamic ... the combination of ice jams and snow melt is leading to flooding in communities around the state.

Nothing happened for weeks. Then suddenly Alaska started to warm, and on the webcam I could see ice melting on the river. And just as they said, the upstream river broke first. Quickly ...