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

By Rick Thoman | October 15, 2025

This story originally appeared in The Conversation. Remnants of a powerful typhoon swept into Western Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Oct. 12, 2025, producing a storm surge that flooded villages as far…

The quietly essential salmon stream

By Ned Rozell | September 25, 2025

On this rainy September afternoon, Erik Schoen vacuums water from a backwater slough. The liquid will tell him if there are predators in this body of water.

Get kids outside learning about wildfires

By Heather McFarland | August 19, 2025

An opinion article by Heather McFarland, Tori Brannan, Katie Spellman and Hilary Shook The start of school is the perfect time to get students outside learning about the role wildfire…

State of the climate continues to track global change

By Heather McFarland | August 14, 2025

The American Meteorological Society released its annual State of the Climate report this week, providing a comprehensive overview of global conditions in 2024. International Arctic Research Center scientists contributed data and analysis…

Whale poop links toxic algal blooms to ocean warming

By Heather McFarland | July 9, 2025

Analysis of bowhead whale poop shows that more toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food webs as northern oceans warm and lose sea ice. The findings…

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