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Alaska's pristine rivers are turning a rusty orange even when seen from space, likely because of melting permafrost: study
At least 75 of Alaska's brooks and streams have been turning a dirty orange likely due to thawing permafrost, with some rivers so impacted that the discoloration can be seen via satellite ...
Anchorage Daily News11d
In 1961, a Wien Airlines pilot could see a mushroom cloud in Russia from Alaska
Although some of the details of the incident are sketchy, the U.S. government believed the account of pilot Tony Schultz.
CBS News22d
Russian military planes detected flying near Alaska yet again, NORAD says
Although the Russian aircraft remained in international air space, they entered a region ... NORAD said it dispatched two F-16 fighter jets from Alaska to Greenland in order to "forward posture ...
Alaska Public Media17d
Alaska’s glaciers are melting faster than anywhere else
“Alaska is ahead of the curve in terms of losing ... Radars and lasers fired from space help measure changes in topography. And another method, called gravimetry, gauges earth’s gravity ...
Phys.org on MSN14d
UAF scientist designing satellite to hunt small space debris
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is participating in a U.S. government effort to design a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than ...