Home alaska
 

Keywords :   


Tag: alaska

Report: Alaska military sites vulnerable climate-change impacts

2014-07-01 02:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Alaska Dispatch: Several U.S. military sites are vulnerable to rising temperatures and seas as well as other impacts of climate change, and the Department of Defense should do more to protect its facilities, said a federal report issued Monday by the Government Accountability Office. The report examined 15 military facilities around the nation, including several in Alaska. Investigators worked for a year to assess climate change impacts at those sites and the militarys work to adapt and protect infrastructure....

Tags: sites report military alaska

 

Contractors nearly finished with new Alaska bridge

2014-07-01 01:57:29| Railroads - Topix.net

Mark Peterburs, project director for the Tanana River Northern Rail Extension, said the 3,300-foot bridge will be completed on time and under its $156 million budget.

Tags: finished bridge alaska contractors

 
 

Point-Counterpoint: SB 21 promises prosperous future for Alaska small businesses

2014-06-29 08:16:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

There is no bigger issue for small businesses in Alaska right now than oil tax reform.

Tags: small future businesses alaska

 

Why do two major Alaska rivers flow north?

2014-06-29 00:47:16| Railroads - Topix.net

The Nenana River flows northward, though the Alaska Range, when it seems it should flow south.

Tags: north major flow alaska

 

Floods in Alaska national park prompt emergency evacuations

2014-06-28 02:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: More than 100 tourists and workers have been airlifted out of a private lodge in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve after floods washed out portions of a road and left them stranded, a National Park Service spokeswoman said on Friday. The group was evacuated late on Thursday by four fixed-wing airplanes and two helicopters after rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday morning caused two nearby shallow creeks to swell, said park spokeswoman Kris Fister. The creeks turned into a "confluence...

Tags: national park emergency alaska

 

Sites : [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] next »