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Fishermen and scientists were alarmed when billions of crabs vanished from the Bering Sea near Alaska in 2022. It wasn’t overfishing, scientists explained — it was likely the shockingly warm ...
Hog Butte Fire, Alaska, June 2022 Sign thanking firefighters, Deshka Landing Fire, 2019. In August 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency reported that "[o]ver the past 60 years, most of the state has warmed three degrees (F) on average and six degrees during winter" [1] As a result of this temperature increase, the EPA noted that "Arctic sea ice is retreating, shores are eroding, glaciers ...
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The climate in Juneau and the southeast panhandle is a mid-latitude oceanic climate (similar to Scotland, or Haida Gwaii), (Köppen Cfb) in the southern sections and a subarctic oceanic climate (Köppen Cfc) in the northern parts. The climate in Southcentral Alaska is a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) due to its short, cool
The US acquired Alaska in 1867 by purchasing it from Russia. The United States Army established a meteorological and magnetic research station at Utqiagvik in 1881. [19] In 1888, a Presbyterian church was built by United States missionaries at Utqiagvik. The church is still in use today. In 1889, a whaling supply and rescue station was built.
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KUBD (channels 2 and 5) is a television station in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by Gray Media, it is operated as a full-time satellite of Juneau-licensed KYEX-LD (channel 5). KUBD's transmitter is located in downtown Ketchikan.