Alaska

US reopens Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas development

The Trump administration on Thursday announced a series of steps to open up Alaskan…

Battered, but not yet broken: Coastal Alaska abides in the grip of global heating
Battered, but not yet broken: Coastal Alaska abides in the grip of global heating

Recent headlines about the vortex of the expired Typhoon Halong destroying two Native settlements,…

Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?

People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the Arctic…

‘We’re in God’s hands now’: A dispatch from flood-hit Western Alaska

Hundreds have left their homes. Many may never go back. This story is a…

Some ideas never die as talk of a Bering Strait tunnel returns

A Russian proposal to build a “Putin-Trump tunnel” under the Bering Strait is just…

Typhoon disaster in Western Alaska raises questions around the region’s future

Climate change forces combine to make the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta especially vulnerable, threatening a region…

Kremlin envoy proposes a ‘Putin-Trump tunnel’ to link Russia and US
Kremlin envoy proposes a ‘Putin-Trump tunnel’ to link Russia and US

Russia and the United States should build a “Putin-Trump” rail tunnel under the Bering…

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience
Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

Remnants of a powerful typhoon swept into Western Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Oct. 12,…