Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster on Monday after spring breakup caused damage or displaced residents in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rivers and streams in Alaska are changing color – from a clean, clear blue to a rusty orange – because of the toxic metals ...

Many parts of Alaska along major rivers face an increased risk of ice jam flooding as forecasters expect a greater chance of ...

A University of Alaska Fairbanks study focusing on the Deshka River found that the predators have become even more voracious as the climate has warmed.

Researchers for years have been baffled as rivers and streams across Alaska turned orange, but new research points to climate change as an answer. Scientists suspect the drastic color change is the ...

For millennia, Indigenous people living in Alaska and Canada's Yukon territory have relied on Chinook salmon. The large, fatty fish provide essential nutrients for Arctic living and have influenced ...

Ice jams that blocked two Alaska rivers broke loose over the weekend, unleashing a surge of ice and water that caused major floods, damaged homes and left behind huge chunks of ice as tall as 12 feet.

Rivers and streams in Alaska are changing color – from a clean, clear blue to a rusty orange – because of the toxic metals released by thawing permafrost, according to a new study. The finding ...