Dan McGrath receives funding from the U.S. Geological Survey. Every summer, people living near the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, keep a close eye on the water level. When the river level begins ...

The St. Elias Mountains in southeast Alaska are dotted with over 100 lakes where glaciers crumble into milky, turquoise water. Those lakes are expanding at an ever-quickening pace. The lakes will ...

More than 2.7 million people traveled to Alaska last summer, according to new data from the Alaska Travel Industry Association. That number is essentially flat from the previous season. Geopolitical ...

A new investigative documentary series on HBO highlights the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples in Alaska, particularly Alaska Native women, through the case of serial killer ...

The Trump administration is now facing two federal lawsuits over its renewed push to open the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska for more oil and drilling opportunities. Separate groups sued the ...

These pilots are flying sky-high in more ways than one. According to Aviation A2Z, a recently negotiated contract with notable pay hikes has made Alaska Airlines pilot salaries among the strongest in ...

Sarah Montalbano is an energy policy analyst at Always On Energy Research, a nonprofit energy modeling firm. Alaska is often treated as a wilderness to be protected from its own residents. That ...

This year is set to be one of the most momentous seasons for Alaska cruising in recent memory. In summer 2026, a surge of new ships and cruise lines will sail in Alaska for the first time, while ...

Construction activities would signal a milestone in the effort to build a natural gas export facility in the state. Developers of a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska are aiming to begin ...

Alaska Airlines has begun referring to itself as the U.S.'s fourth global airline. But while analysts are largely comfortable with the direction of Alaska Air Group and the Alaska brand since ...

This build and test explores a distributed propulsion blown wing STOL concept, focusing on design choices, airflow interaction, and short takeoff and landing performance. A practical look at how ...

As someone from Alaska, I've heard a lot of misconceptions about what life there is really like. Many people I meet think Alaska is all wilderness and nature, but our cities are surprisingly urban.