Major Storm Lashes Alaska’s Coast, Water Surges

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A storm forecast to be [More]

Mysterious Disease Killed Scores of Seals in Alaska

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious disease, possibly a virus, has afflicted ring seals along Alaska's coast, killing scores of them since July, local and federal agencies said on Thursday. [More]

Polar Bear Death at BP Oil Field under Investigation

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Federal authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a polar bear at an Alaska oil field operated by BP, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the oil company said on Thursday

Mystery Goo in Alaska Is Made of Fungal Spores

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that collected on shorelines in a village in Alaska is made up of fungal spores, according to scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Alaska volcano erupting with lava streams from crater

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A volcano that has been erupting for several days in Alaska's Aleutian Islands may be preparing for a more explosive event, scientists said on Wednesday. [More]

Orange goo washing ashore in Alaska is egg mass, scientists say

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that washed ashore in an Alaska village last week and sparked pollution concerns turns out to be a mass of crustacean eggs or embryos, government scientists said on Monday. [More]

Huge 2007 tundra fire seen as ominous sign for climate

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A wildfire that burned over 400 square miles of Alaska tundra in the scorching summer of 2007 poured as much carbon into the atmosphere as the entire Arctic normally absorbs each year, according to a new study in the scientific journal Nature. [More]

Alaska Volcano Shows Signs of Impending Eruption

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Recent satellite images of a remote Alaska volcano along a flight route for major airlines show it may be poised for its first big eruption in 10 years, scientists said. [More]

Rhino head, snow leopard sold in U.S. auction

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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The mounted head of an endangered white rhinoceros and the stuffed remains of a highly endangered snow leopard, remnants of the fortune amassed and lost by an Alaska real-estate titan, have been auctioned off to pay some of his debts, officials said on Monday. [More]