A 14-year analysis from the North Slope of Alaska confirms that sea ice openings feed moisture into coupled wintertime mixed-phase clouds, whose properties show significant long-term trends and cycles tied to major climate oscillations. Subject of Research: Long-term modulation of…
Ex-typhoon Halong joins the list of autumn storms in the Bering Sea that produced very high impacts to part of the region. The track of the storm was most unusual, moving nearly due north from the North Pacific, crossing the…
Two researchers were conducting a routine survey of walrus carcasses on a remote beach near Point Lay in northwest Alaska in September when they found something unexpected between the remains of two dead adults, a live, frightened five-month-old Pacific walrus…
A young male Pacific walrus calf, discovered abandoned between the remains of two adult walruses on a desolate Alaskan beach with polar bears prowling nearby, has completed an extraordinary journey from the brink of death to a permanent new home…
Follow Stars and Stripes By JANIQUA ROBINSON STARS AND STRIPES Published 22 minutes ago · The third visit within eight hours by a curious black bear to a military hospital in Alaska ended in the animal being euthanized “for public safety,” according…
Map containing ocean temperatures recorded during Alaska Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl surveys of the Gulf of Alaska. 2025 Gulf of Alaska Survey Bottom Temperature
Map containing ocean temperatures recorded during Alaska Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl surveys of the eastern and northern Bering Sea. 2025 Eastern and Northern Bering Sea Survey Bottom Temperature
NOAA Fisheries' Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Assessment Program is conducting the eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey. So far, the near real-time ocean bottom temperatures included in this PDF were collected from June 1 to August 4, 2026. 2026 Eastern Bering Sea Survey…
Published Oct 17, 2026 10:17 AM EDT Some animal rescues are more complicated than others—especially when the creature in peril is about to become a snack for a seagull on a remote Alaskan beach with polar bears lurking nearby. “When we found…
Once he arrived at the Alaska SeaLife Center, staff began round-the-clock care. On a remote beach near Point Lay, rescuers found a Pacific walrus calf wedged between the remains of two adult walruses after severe weather apparently scattered a nearby…
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