A polar scientist explains the changes hunters who rely on the ice are seeing off Utqiagvik, and how those shifts are echoed ...

A melting glacier in Alaska has birthed a brand-new island in the middle of a growing lake, according to recent images ...

In a matter of weeks this summer, a small mountain once embedded in a vast glacier in southeastern Alaska became the region’s ...

Satellite images reveal a new island in Alaska's Alsek Lake, formed as retreating glaciers reshape the landscape.

August was a bit of a weather yo-yo in some parts of Alaska. Kotzebue, Nome and Bethel had warm weather in the month’s first week but cooler than average temperatures later in the month, according to ...

The melting of ice in Alaska doesn't just have a regional effect but a global one. This can increase greenhouse gas emissions, thus rising global temperatures even further.

Water from a melting glacier has caused a river near Alaska's capital city of Juneau to swell to historic levels amid a "glacial outburst" event that has prompted flooding fears and evacuations. On ...

Small island states are among the most vulnerable to climate change, but there's surprisingly scant research revealing what ...

On a plot carved into a forest of white spruce and aspen near Glennallen, Lakota McRoberts strolled through a collection of raised garden beds earlier this summer, calculating how many neighbors she ...

Major erosion and rising sea levels have worn away at the Alaskan village. — -- The tiny village of Shishmaref, Alaska, will find out today if everyone in the village will be moving to the ...