/tags/alaska Alaska en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:18:57 GMT /environment/2023-04-18/cu-boulder-completes-study-on-alaska-rivers-threatened-by-climate-change A new study from the University of Colorado-Boulder looks at the impacts of climate change on rivers in Alaska. The findings are bad news for the state’s rural indigenous communities. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:18:57 GMT /environment/2023-04-18/cu-boulder-completes-study-on-alaska-rivers-threatened-by-climate-change /npr-news/npr-news/2020-02-10/climate-change-complicates-counting-some-alaska-native-villages-for-census Rising temperatures are speeding up erosion in some Alaska Native villages and making traveling on ice roads more dangerous, threatening the Census Bureau's plans for an accurate count. Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:20:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2020-02-10/climate-change-complicates-counting-some-alaska-native-villages-for-census Hansi Lo Wang /arts-life/2019-12-04/one-year-after-being-moved-denver-zoos-polar-bear-is-a-daddy One of the Denver Zoo’s former polar bears is now a “papa” bear.Lee was moved to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium last fall in the hopes that the 20-year-old… Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:55:03 GMT /arts-life/2019-12-04/one-year-after-being-moved-denver-zoos-polar-bear-is-a-daddy Stacy Nick /2014-10-18/in-alaska-race-for-governor-democrats-try-an-unusual-tactic-dropping-out Alaska's Republican governor looked to have a lock on re-election, until state Democrats realized that their best tactic would be to give up — and clear the path for an independent challenger. Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:43:00 GMT /2014-10-18/in-alaska-race-for-governor-democrats-try-an-unusual-tactic-dropping-out Martin Kaste /npr-news/2014-03-25/why-oil-drilling-is-both-safer-and-riskier-since-exxon-valdez The 1989 oil spill prompted changes in oil industry regulation and spill research. But oil companies today are working in more remote places than ever, from the Arctic to deep below the ocean floor. Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:20:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-03-25/why-oil-drilling-is-both-safer-and-riskier-since-exxon-valdez Jeff Brady /npr-news/2014-03-24/25-years-after-spill-alaska-town-struggles-back-from-dead-zone The tiny fishing town of Cordova, Alaska, has weathered disruption in every facet of life since an oil tanker ran aground in 1989, spilling millions of gallons of oil into Prince William Sound. Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-03-24/25-years-after-spill-alaska-town-struggles-back-from-dead-zone Marisa Peñaloza, Debbie Elliott /2014-03-21/animal-rescuers-create-joy-amid-chaos-after-exxon-valdez-spill LJ Evans and Suzanne Bishop met in 1989 while volunteering at an animal rescue center in Valdez, Alaska. The chaos the spill created "is incredibly difficult to describe or even imagine," Evans says. Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:00:00 GMT /2014-03-21/animal-rescuers-create-joy-amid-chaos-after-exxon-valdez-spill NPR Staff /npr-news/npr-news/2014-01-08/31-year-old-hopes-to-ski-past-her-younger-competitors Holly Brooks made the switch from coach to world-class athlete in 2009, after an epiphany on a hospital gurney. Now she's hoping to compete in the Winter Olympics for a second time. She says she has something many of her younger competitors lack: perspective. Wed, 08 Jan 2014 08:30:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2014-01-08/31-year-old-hopes-to-ski-past-her-younger-competitors Annie Feidt /2013-09-25/iphone-map-leads-to-the-tarmac-at-fairbanks-airport In recent weeks, out-of-town drivers have followed their Apple map app instead of heeding the signs warning them not to drive across the runway. Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:57:00 GMT /2013-09-25/iphone-map-leads-to-the-tarmac-at-fairbanks-airport Scott Neuman /npr-news/2013-09-25/wild-weather-tied-to-unusual-jet-stream-activity The usually well-behaved ribbon of high winds that runs eastward across North America has wandered all over the place recently, and even split in two. That's caused a whole host of extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere, including the recent rains in Colorado, bitter cold in Florida and a heat wave in Alaska. Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:43:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-09-25/wild-weather-tied-to-unusual-jet-stream-activity Jon Hamilton