For the first time, scientists from across North America have formed a clear picture of Alaska's 'rusting' rivers and streams, tracking 75 areas in the remote Brooks Range that are flushed with ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ice jams that blocked two Alaska rivers broke loose over the weekend, unleashing a surge of ice and water that caused major floods, damaged homes and left behind huge ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — American Rivers has named the remote Alaska Kobuk River the eighth most endangered river in North America. The announcement comes at the same time the New York Timesreports that ...

A stream tributary of the Akillik River in Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, turned orange. Jon O'Donnell/National Park Service 2024-01-15T16:29:01Z ...

It was a cloudy July afternoon in Alaska's Kobuk Valley National Park, part of the biggest stretch of protected wilderness in the U.S. We were 95 kilometers (60 miles) from the nearest village and ...

Global warming can add one more notch to its gun belt. The rapid onset of global warming is turning Alaska’s wilderness rivers orange. Global warming impacts Arctic temperatures 2-4 times warmer ...

Normally, the rivers that run through Alaska are a pristine blue. But lately, there have been a number that look rusty—orange, even. It’s not pollution (well, not from any man-made source, at ...

Dozens of rivers and streams in the US state of Alaska are turning rusty orange. Scientists believe that permafrost, or frozen land, is what is causing the hue change. They claim that when the ...

Alaska's glacial rivers are an adventure junkie's dream come true!. Explore the region's awe-inspiring natural beauty with these melting-glacier-fed rivers that make for a thrilling rafting and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ice jams that blocked two Alaska rivers broke loose over the weekend, unleashing a surge of ice and water that caused major floods, damaged homes and left behind huge chunks ...

Alaska's Arctic rivers are home to a variety of fish that are "critical for subsistence, sport, and commercial fisheries," researchers wrote. Iron and other toxic metals in the water could ...