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Helped by Global Warming, Sea Is Swallowing Shishmaref, Alaska
Helped by Global Warming, Sea Is Swallowing Shishmaref, Alaska >> Posted By epiphannyy 4 hours, 49 minutes ago in News Coastal erosion has been an issue for decades in Shishmaref, Alaska, but rising global temperatures have started to thaw the permafrost that once helped anchor this village in place.
Shishmaref: A village on the brink
Shishmaref: A village on the brink Published: December 3rd, 2009 08:50 AM Last Modified: December 3rd, 2009 08:51 AM Link: CNN CNN is the latest national media outlet to send a crew to the Northwest Alaska village Shishmaref, perched precariously on a Chukchi Sea barrier island north of Nome and battered by storm surges made worse by permafrost ...
Dry Ice: A New Exhibit of Alaska Native Art in Soho
Nov 25th 2009 at 10:01AM With last week's publication of Sarah Palin's new book, Going Rogue , Alaska is once again in the headlines, so it's easy to forget that there's far more to our 49th state than its red-suited former governor.
Sen. Murkowski announces passage of funding for Alaska projects
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced the U.S. Senate's approval of more than $54 million in projects for Alaska in the Energy and Water Development spending bill, which passed by an 85-9 vote.
Sen. Murkowski announces passage of funding for Alaska projects
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced the U.S. Senate's approval of more than $54 million in projects for Alaska in the Energy and Water Development spending bill, which passed by an 85-9 vote.
Climate change is already here
A new White House climate change report devotes a chapter to Alaska, where temperatures have risen twice at twice the rate of the rest of the country in the last half-century. The state is the front line of climate change.
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