Alaska officials are still trying to sort out the scope of a problem caused by trenching for fiber optic cables which could threaten the only haul road to the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay, as well as dozens of streams along the way.
Alaska State Forestry firefighters are working to contain a fast-growing wildfire near Healy that was ignited by two smoldering fires burning in coal deposits.
Three decades ago, climate scientists made a series of predictions; for the most part these have proved to be spectacularly accurate. But, somehow, we have failed to act.
Sea ice is retreating, the Arctic is opening up, and wave activity is increasing. What does this mean for the ocean and atmosphere? The refreezing season of autumn may have some answers.
About 10,000 years ago, a farmer in Asia noticed that some of his grapes had naturally fermented and liquid was forming around them. He took a taste and found that it was good. We have been drinking wine ever since.
North Korea has a problem with human waste which is threatening the health of its children, according to a rare survey of family life in the reclusive country by a U.N. agency that also praised Pyongyang's "improved openness" with data.
