Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hydrologist Jon Fuller pushes on the oars during a state-sponsored rafting trip down the Necons and Stony rivers in Southcentral ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arctic rivers flowing through Alaska are increasingly turning orange as wildfires, thawing permafrost and other factors contribute ...

For decades, Alaska’s Salmon River in the Brooks Range was known as one of the most pristine waterways in North America. Celebrated in John McPhee’s Coming into the Country, its waters were so clear ...

In Alaska’s far north, something strange is happening. Rivers that once ran crystal clear are now turning a rusty orange, and scientists say the shift is permanent. A new study published in The ...

When scientists Patrick Sullivan and Roman Dial were heading to a remote area in the Brooks Range in 2019 to map the spread of woody plants there, they were looking forward to seeing a celebrated ...

Rivers and streams in Alaska are changing color – from a clean, clear blue to a rusty orange – because of the toxic metals released by thawing permafrost, according to a new study. The finding ...

The North — including the Yukon and Alaska — is warming much faster than the rest of the world due to climate change. Researchers want to know how that will affect the baby salmon hatching in rivers ...

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For millennia, Indigenous people living in Alaska and Canada’s Yukon territory have relied on Chinook salmon. The large, fatty fish provide essential nutrients for Arctic living and have influenced ...

Future assessments of U.S. landslide hazards could include the study of risks posed by atmospheric rivers, which caused extreme precipitation that was linked to recent deadly slides in Southeast ...

Every year, people gather on the banks of the river here to honor those who have died on Alaska waterways. The tradition was in place long ago, then faded away. It was revived in 2007 and is organized ...