As climate change warms the Arctic, permafrost is thawing, and carbon trapped within the soil is moving into the atmosphere.

For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from ...

Thawing permafrost has released so much methane into Esieh Lake near Fairbanks, Alaska that the air above it is flammable. Credit: Katey Walter Anthony/ University of Alaska Fairbanks ...

For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from meltwater floods, as melting ...

Does flooding from melting glaciers pose a growing danger in the high mountains? Not necessarily, as a study led by the ...

Ice seems temporary. It melts in a glass. It disappears at a sunbeam’s touch. It ebbs with the first relief of spring. But ...

2, 2015, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, file) In this photo provided by Andrew Esola, Joe McAneney flies his airplane over the Chulitna River toward Mount ...

Languages: English. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued several winter weather alerts for Alaska, with some areas expected to get up to 20 inches of snow while parts of the state are ...