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Voice Over Internet Now Available Throughout Alaska

2015-06-18 08:28:18| fiberopticsonline Home Page

Businesses in Fairbanks, Juneau and select areas of Kenai can now use hosted Voice over Internet from Alaska Communications, the state’s leading broadband and IT solutions provider

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2 wildfires in Alaska threaten homes, force evacuations

2015-06-16 23:47:55| Railroads - Topix.net

By MARK THIESSEN and RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press HOUSTON, Alaska - A wildfire along the main highway between Anchorage and Fairbanks grew by a thousand acres but claimed no new structures as of Tuesday morning. The Sockeye Fire, named for the street in Willow where the fire began Sunday, has blackened nearly 12 square miles.

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U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Shell spill plans in Alaska

2015-06-11 16:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A divided federal appeals court rejected an effort by environmental groups to void a U.S. agency's approval of two oil spill response plans by Royal Dutch Shell Plc related to the company's oil leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas on Alaska's Arctic coast. By a 2-1 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected a claim that the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which is part of the Department of the Interior, acted unlawfully in approving the plans, which...

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Alaska Highway permafrost vulnerable to climate change

2015-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBC: Researchers at Yukon College and the territory's highways department are ramping up efforts to preserve permafrost under roadways and prevent frost heaves and other damage. The problem is expected to worsen with climate change and warmer temperatures. Brian Horton, the research coordinator for the college's Northern Climate ExChange at the Yukon Research Centre, says much of the work is being done on the section of the North Alaska Highway between Burwash Landing, Yukon, and Beaver Creek, Yukon....

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Insane Heat Wave in Alaska Put Temperatures Higher Than in Arizona

2015-06-05 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Alaska, along with the rest of the Arctic, has been warming even faster than other regions of the world due to climate change. That was the findings of a report this spring from the Department of Energys Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which found that the rate of warming will only continue to increase in the coming decades. Insane heat in Alaska--90 deg temps near Fairbanks, records toppling like, um, snowmen in May http://t.co/mo6xgGKqoR pic.twitter.com/3yqhV0Sbt6 -- Bill McKibben...

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