In the next 100 years, Alaska will experience a massive loss of its historic tundra, as global warming allows these vast regions of cold, dry, lands to support forests and other vegetation that will ...

The Arctic is rapidly changing from the climate crisis, with no "new normal," scientists warn. Wildfires and permafrost thaw are making the tundra emit more carbon than it absorbs. From beaver ...

Foreboding environmental milestones abounded again this year in the Arctic, where experts say dramatic climate shifts are fundamentally altering the ecosystem and how it operates. One recent turning ...

AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Recent studies show plant life in Alaska's northern forests is declining, while the tundra is seeing accelerated growth triggered by rising temperatures and concentrations of ...

The Arctic is continuing to warm at a pace far exceeding the rest of the planet, according to the Arctic Report Card 2025.

With its melting glaciers, thawing permafrost and floating sea ice that gets tougher to see from its northern shores each summer, Alaska is the poster state for global warming. Things are changing ...

KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) — The low autumn light turned the tundra gold as James Schaeffer, 7, and his cousin Charles Gallahorn, 10, raced down a dirt path by the cemetery on the edge of town. Permafrost ...

The Arctic is warming at twice the rate as the rest of the planet, and Alaska has seen three consecutive years of record high temperatures. The Alaskan tundra appears to be emitting more carbon ...

Daniel Ksepka, the curator of a new display at the Bruce Museum, said he focused on Alaska because it is “on the front line” of global warming. By Shivani Vora Reporting from Greenwich, Conn. This ...