Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
An "all-time high" temperature record has been set in the US state of Alaska, despite much of the country sitting in the Arctic circle. Temperatures peaked at 32.22 Celsius (90F) on 4 July at an airport
Glacial Melt
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With glaciers as backdrop, Obama to use Alaska trip to push climate agenda
President Barack Obama arrived in Alaska on Monday for a three-day tour aimed at spotlighting how its melting permafrost and eroding coastlines show the United States is already being hurt by climate change.
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Obama heads for Arctic Circle on climate campaign
Shrinking glaciers, Arctic temperatures and a mix of messy energy politics await President Barack Obama on his trip to Alaska, where he will become the first sitting president to step foot in the Arctic
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This is climate change: Alaskan villagers struggle as island is chewed up by the sea
In this town of 403 residents 83 miles above the Arctic Circle, beaches are disappearing, ice is melting, temperatures are rising, and the barrier reef Kivalina calls home gets smaller and smaller with
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This is climate change: Alaskan villagers struggle as island is chewed up by the sea
In this town of 403 residents 83 miles above the Arctic Circle, beaches are disappearing, ice is melting, temperatures are rising, and the barrier reef Kivalina calls home gets smaller and smaller with
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Sea level will rise by 3 feet, and it's unavoidable: Nasa
MIAMI: Sea levels are rising around the world, and the latest satellite data suggests that three feet (one metre) or more is unavoidable in the next 100-200 years, Nasa scientists said on Wednesday.
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Extreme Arctic sea ice melt forces thousands of walruses ashore in Alaska
The extreme loss of Arctic sea ice due to climate change is forcing thousands of walruses to crowd ashore on a remote barrier island off Alaska, and threatening their survival. Barack Obama will be
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Global sea levels have climbed 8cm since 1992, Nasa research shows
Sea levels worldwide have risen an average of nearly eight centimetres (three inches) since 1992 because of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of Nasa scientists said on Wednesday. In 2013 a United
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Ice sheets’ thaw to speed sea level rise, threatening Florida, Tokyo, Pacific isles: NASA scientists
MIAMI – Sea levels are rising around the world, and the latest satellite data suggest 3 feet (1 meter) or more is unavoidable in the next 100 to 200 years, NASA scientists said Wednesday. Ice sheets
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West Coast May be at Risk of Sea-Level Rise Due to Misjudged Uplift Rates
The West Coast may be in danger of sea level rise. Researchers have found that the uplift rates across the Pacific Coast of the U.S. and northern Mexico have been overestimated by an average of more than
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Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier sheds big ice chunk
These "before" and "after" images were acquired by the US space agency's Landsat observer Scientists are studying a big mass of ice that has broken off the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland. They say the