Climate activists against the proposed Willow oil and gas drilling project in the northwest US State of Alaska have started online protests as the Biden administration mulls greenlighting it.

Protests mount against Alaska oil project as Biden administration faces dilemma

A high-altitude object has been shot by the United States over Alaska, White House officials said. This comes just days after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the US and the fallen debris was recovered.

Days after Chinese spy balloon row, US jet shoots down high-altitude object over Alaska

A polar bear reportedly killed a woman and her year-old son in a remote village community of Alaska on Tuesday evening. Authorities revealed that the polar bear entered the community area, and chased some villagers, before brutally attacking the woman and her kid.

Polar bear kills woman and child in Alaska. Know what's pushing the arctic animal to attack humans

A bar-tailed godwit broke a Guinness World Record when it flew 13,560 kilometres from Alaska to Tasmania, Australia, non-stop. The Limosa lapponica, which goes by its tag number “234684,” covered the distance without any food or rest, according to the Guinness world record.

Bird flies from Alaska to Australia non-stop, surpasses Guinness world record

Alaska's boreal forest is one of the largest trappers of carbon dioxide in the world. But the Boreal forest is seeing sharp decline in Reindeer population. Watch further to know more.

WION Climate Tracker: Boreal forest sees sharp decline in Reindeer population

Mary Petola has become the first native Alaskan seated in Congress after defeating Sarah Palin. Petola secured 54.9% of votes compared to Palin's 45.1% of votes.

United States: Sarah Palin defeated by Mary Petola in Alaska

Amid heightened tensions between the West and Russia, Russian nuclear-capable warplanes were spotted over the Pacific. The Tu-95 bombers were intercepted after "entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone.

US fighter jets intercept two Russian nuclear-capable warplanes near Alaska

US fighter jets intercept two Russian planes

Officials in Alaska have cancelled the upcoming snow crab season due to a population drop in the Bering Sea, CBSNews reported. For the first time in state history, the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest will not happen.

Alaska: Scientists concerned over mysterious population decline of snow crabs

A contest held by the Katmai National Park to determine the fattest bear in southern Alaska, during Fat Bear Week was rocked by a scandal when over the weekend organisers saw voting irregularities during the online ballot.

US: Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest emerges from voting scandal, announces the winner

A billboard saying "Alaska is Ours" has been spotted in Russia's Krasnoyarsk, a day after a key ally of President Putin said that the country could reclaim Alaska sold to the United States in 1867.

'Alaska is Ours' billboard spotted in Russia, here's what netizens had to say

A weird cloud formation over Alaska's Lazy Mountain ignited a social media storm as people said it was a UFO while others speculated that it looked like a meteor.

UFO or Russian weapon? Bizarre cloud formation in Alaska ignites social media

Alaska has been always famous for its pristine landscape, but the state also records very poor air quality levels each winter. Scientists from around the world spent the winter studying dirty air in Fairbanks, Alaska, to study the impact of the winter inversion and map out their next step.

Scientists study polluted Alaskan air

There are many who still think Global Warming is just a PR thing and a hoax perpetrated by corporates. But examples of how the hanging sword is changing the planet are too hard to miss.

Alaska records warmest-ever December temperature

Alaska is the 49th state of the United States. However, it was a part of Russia till 1867. 154 years ago, Russia had to sell Alaska to America at a meagre price of $7.

Why did Russia sell Alaska to the United States?

A migrating godwit that had blown away to Alaska has returned to New Zealand. Known as 4BWRB, the unlucky male bird, had to fly 33 hours non-stop to reach the country.

'Welcome home': Godwit touches in New Zealand after being blown away to Alaska

In pics | Indo-US joint army training exercise underway in Alaska

Ursine elder Otis - a brown bear estimated to be 24 to 26 years old - is now a four-time champion of chunk after being crowned on Tuesday as the winner of Katmai National Park's annual Fat Bear Week.

Bear crowned chunk champion in Alaska's Fat Bear Week

There was one bed coming available in the intensive care unit in Alaska’s largest hospital. It was the middle of the night, and the hospital, Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, had been hit with a deluge of coronavirus patients.

In Alaska’s COVID Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies

In the Pacific Northwest, the aging Interstate 5 bridge, a main artery between Oregon and Washington, is at risk of collapsing in a major earthquake. Across Appalachia, abandoned coal mines leaking toxic pollutants are a threat to public health.

Ferries in Alaska, rail in Oregon, States dream big on infrastructure funds

According to reports, Chinese warships were spotted off the coast of Alaska. Late last month the photos were posted and later deleted from the Pentagon information service.

China testing United States mettle in open water?

A fleet of four ships from China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) was recently photographed cruising towards a US Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near Alaska's the Aleutian Islands, according to the US Coast Guard.

Provocative move: China sends most advanced warships to US Exclusive Economic Zone near Alaska

Thunderstorms in Northern Alaska over sea ice on Monday sparked rare lightning strikes. The Washington Post reported lightning strikes occurred north of Prudhoe Bay, directly over sea ice, a phenomenon that occurs once or twice a decade.

Unusual Arctic thunderstorms spark rare lightning strikes in Northern Alaska

Glaciers across the world are melting quickly in the face of climate change and the aberrant changes triggered in weather. Alaska’s glaciers are also melting. Now, a scientific model posits that the unprecedented melting of glaciers could be behind the earthquakes in the region.

Melting glaciers are contributing to earthquakes in Alaska, research finds

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