Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon

Anchorage, AK
April 22, 2024

Relocation of eroding Alaska Native village seen as a test case for other threatened communities

The Newtok-to-Mertarvik transformation, decades in the making, is the most advanced of what is expected to be several relocations prompted by climate change….

Anchorage, AK
April 12, 2024

Alaska delegation nominates longtime Native leader to be co-chair of the Denali Commission

KItka would be the top federal leader on the commission if the nomination is approved….

Anchorage, AK
April 8, 2024

Russian objection to US territorial claims off Alaska complicates maritime relationship

The development shows how failure to ratify the Convention on the Law of the Sea puts the U.S. at a disadvantage, says Sen. Lisa…

Anchorage, AK
April 1, 2024

Alaskapox no more: Newly discovered disease and virus is to be called ‘borealpox’

The disease and virus likely exists in the environment well beyond the state’s borders, making the new name more scientifically accurate, officials say….

Anchorage, AK
March 28, 2024

US Capitol Christmas tree will come from Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Last year’s tree came from West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest….

Anchorage, AK
March 26, 2024

Project seeks to gather Alaska environmental knowledge embedded in Indigenous languages

Experts want to compile a glossary with Alaska Native words and phrases holding information that can help track climate change and other conditions….

Anchorage, AK
March 11, 2024

Leading Alaska legislators propose task force to help rescue a seafood industry ‘in a tailspin’

The Joint Legislative Seafood Industry Task Force, modeled after a state salmon task force formed 20 years ago, would present findings and recommendations by…

Anchorage, AK
February 27, 2024

Alaska’s mariculture industry expands, with big production increases in recent years, report says

Alaska seaweed production went from almost nothing in 2017 to nearly 900,000 pounds in 2022….

Anchorage, AK
February 26, 2024

Study tracks calls used by endangered Alaska belugas — and human-made noise in their habitat

The animals contend with sustained noise from commercial shipping, raising questions about future regulation….

Anchorage, AK
February 8, 2024

Microplastics found in body tissues of walruses harvested by Alaska hunters

Discovery of tiny bits of plastic in the muscles, blubber and livers of Pacific walruses adds to evidence of pollution’s spread through the world’s…

Anchorage, AK
January 31, 2024

Tusk of female woolly mammoth ties extinct creatures to ancient Alaska hunting camps

Isotope analysis that enabled reconstruction of mammoths’ movements through Interior Alaska provides lessons for modern animals, including caribou….

Anchorage, AK
January 23, 2024

Report: Alaska’s Railbelt can shift to renewables, but that would require big capital investment

Different mixes of energy sources could result in renewables supplying between 70% and 96% electrical power by 2050, UAF group’s analysis finds….