The trio of glaciers feeding these lakes—Yakutat, Alsek and Grand Plateau—descend from Alaska's inland mountains to the coastal plain southeast of Yakutat borough. Glaciers are massive ...

By documenting Alaska's lakes and ponds in unprecedented detail, Levenson and colleagues show where and how water bodies can signal underlying permafrost thaw, providing a step toward a ...

It used to sound like a joke when President Donald Trump talked about making Canada the 51st US state, but to Canadian leaders it sounds like an increasingly serious threat and part of a plan.

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) People gather along the streets of Skagway, Alaska, for a Fourth of July parade Tuesday, ...

which can cause lakes to form, grow, and drain. To examine how the relationship between lake area and the extent of intact permafrost varies across Alaska, the researchers used images taken nearly ...