Environment

The Alaska Earthquake Center has had their interest piqued by the earthquake that occurred on Monday, September 13th due to its close proximity to other quakes in the past.

Fairbanks is a town founded on gold mining, but a recent project to search for gold in the area is causing alarm among some residents. Felix Gold and Milrock Resources are in a strategic partnership to explore for gold in the Fairbanks area.

With temperatures in the upper 80′s, Fairbanks is seeing record hot weather. According to the National Weather Service, Monday had a high of 88 that broke an over 100 year old record from 1919. Tuesday once again broke the record with an official high of 90, three degrees higher than the previous record.

With fire season still in effect, The Alaska Department of Fish and Game explains the positive and negative effects wildfires have on the environment in the Interior.

The DEC asks that people report spills they encounter directly to the agency as soon as possible.

A split federal appeals court panel has sent back for further legal review a 2019 decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw proposed restrictions on large-scale mining in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.

Both Republican and Democratic senators are pressing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for answers after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.

We sat down with the owner at Happy Creek Farm to talk about the honeybees, how they benefit the environment, and their nasty look-alikes.

On Saturday, June 12, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its intent to change the definition of Waters of the United States.

The Golden Valley Electric Association provides green energy from various sources to the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough offers various programs to combat PM2.5 pollution in the Interior.

Green Star of Interior Alaska works to help cut down on electronic waste in Fairbanks.

The shaker left many people in Anchorage wondering if it was a result of the 2018 quake, but Alaska Earthquake Center Director Michael West said it was too far from the 2018 epicenter and is considered its own earthquake.

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The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility north of Fairbanks is nearly twice as big as it was last year. Construction crews spent the cold winter months digging out additional passageways in the tunnel to expand their research capabilities. The project was part of a 10 year tunnel expansion.

A volcano in the Aleutian Islands is under a warning alert after erupting Tuesday night.

With water continuing to overflow the banks and the ice jam remaining in place, the National Weather Service out of Fairbanks has issued a flood warning for the area.

What is green-up? “We define green-up as the time of the year when the buds on the tree come out and then we just see the green across the city,” said NWS meteorologist Alex Young.

New normals show more snow around Anchorage and a changing climate status for Fairbanks.

The state of Alaska is using the country's only portable gamma-ray detector to test more Alaska seafood for radiation.

The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission met to discuss low numbers of King Salmon for the upcoming fishing season and the impact that will have on villages along the river.

The U.S. Army Alaska has been working with Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District to monitor the Jarvis Creek near Delta Junction. Each year the creek experiences aufeis which causes it to spill its banks and create a new watershed.

As bears begin waking up and leaving their dens, the Department of Fish and Game offers some tips to stay safe.

Sustained ash emissions from Semisopochnoi volcano have prompted the Alaska Volcano Observatory to upgrade the alert level from a watch to a warning.

The Alaska Community Forest Council is providing grants to projects that spread awareness for Arbor Day.

A tow truck driver rescues an injured eagle and carries him to safety.

The Chena River is has been experiencing an overpopulation of ducks throughout the winter seasons for the last 15 years.

After a record 183 days of temperatures in Fairbanks staying under 40 degrees, spring finally seems to arrived but warmer temperatures can cause flooding as snow melts.

Each spring migratory birds from around the world congregate on Fairbanks and land at Creamers Field. However, after a winter of snowfall, the observatory is completely buried leaving no where for the birds to land. Fortunately for birds and bird watchers alike, crews from the Fairbanks International Airport Field Maintenance plow the land each spring.

After a unseasonably mild winter, the cold weather in Fairbanks has decided to stick around for a while longer. According to Karen Endres, a hydrologist with the national weather service, the record snow and cold temperatures for April means that ice thickness in many places is above average.