Noisy boats may drown out beluga whale chatter

A new study shows beluga whales in Alaska may be losing a battle with noisy human activities like shipping.

U. Washington • futurity
Dec. 12, 2023 ~9 min

Some Alaska Natives live in the same area as 3,000-year-old ancestor

The remains of an ancient human female suggests some modern Alaska Natives still live where their ancestors did 3,000 years ago.

Cory Nealon-Buffalo • futurity
April 27, 2023 ~6 min


Tree rings: Volcano in Iceland chilled summer in Alaska

The Inuit tell stories about the year that summer never arrived. Tree rings from 1783 confirm that the Laki volcano in Iceland caused the cooldown.

Mikayla Mace-Arizona • futurity
Feb. 3, 2021 ~7 min

Indigenous Alaskans probably didn’t eat sea otters

Before fur traders decimated sea otters, ancestors of at least one Alaskan indigenous group hunted them for their pelts, not food, researchers say.

Jim Barlow-Oregon • futurity
June 3, 2020 ~9 min

Sockeye salmon leaving home a year early

Salmon in Alaska's Bristol Bay are heading to the ocean a whole year earlier than they used to because of climate change and other fish.

Michelle Ma-Washington • futurity
June 28, 2019 ~5 min

Elusive seal posse colonized an Alaskan lake

Evidence that the seals in Alaska's Iliamna Lake are one of a kind could prevent a controversial mining project from going forward.

Michelle Ma-Washington • futurity
May 8, 2019 ~8 min

Rain makes methane from thawing bogs go ‘bonkers’

Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost bogs by 30 percent, research in Alaska finds.

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Feb. 13, 2019 ~6 min

Alaskan forests show resilience in face of climate change

"We're looking for policy or looking for everyone to get onboard with the Paris Agreement... but I think more can come from individual action."

Danielle Torrent Tucker-Stanford • futurity
Dec. 6, 2018 ~1 min


How 600,000 pounds of dead fish affected Alaskan trees

In Alaska, dead salmon scientists tossed on the banks of a shallow creek for 20 years have had an unexpected benefit for the nearby trees.

Michelle Ma-Washington • futurity
Oct. 24, 2018 ~5 min

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