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By documenting Alaska's lakes and ponds in unprecedented detail, Levenson and colleagues show where and how water bodies can ...
The archaeological site of Nunalleq on the southwest coast of Alaska preserves a fateful moment ... who lived here when they weren’t out hunting, fishing, and gathering plants.
and permafrost thaw. According to the administration's multiagency report, Alaska's fishing and tourism industries, which collectively provide more than 90,000 jobs and $2.57 billion in wages ...
Researchers developed a method that uses high-resolution satellite imagery and deep machine learning to double the mapped infrastructure of Alaska and more accurately project economic risks associated ...
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Saving Sinking Homes
Each year, the home sinks six inches. When the marshy land engulfed the original flooring from her childhood home, Chase laid ...
On Alaska’s North Slope ... Her latest calculations, published in 2018, suggest that new lakes created by abrupt thaw could nearly triple the greenhouse gas emissions expected from permafrost.
yet permafrost thaw is not recognized by the federal government as a natural hazard making it harder for people in Alaska to obtain disaster relief funding. In addition, Alaska is decades behind ...