UA professors oppose banned words and defend free speech and cultural diversity in a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/04/18/u...

My daughter is running the Berlin Marathon in September and raising money for the American Cancer Society in memory of her dad, who passed away in 2016. It will be her second marathon; she ran the Chicago Marathon in 2024. Please check out her fundraising page: secure.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=6...

Biologist and writer Caroline Van Hemert reflects on the future for fired federal workers and the environment in this commentary republished by the @alaskabeacon.com from @biographic.bsky.social environment.https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/24/in-the-wake-of-the-storm/

📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔

New: Officials told lawmakers this week they estimate $125 million in Western Alaska storm damage so far, and a major cleanup and rebuilding effort will begin again this summer. alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/05/o...

“It is my Honor to deliver for the Great State of Alaska, which I won BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024 — ALASKA, I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” Trump wrote immediately after the disaster. #akleg #Alaska

The American Geophysical Union conference, which ran from Dec. 15 to 19, brought together Earth and space scientists from more than a hundred countries, including researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Bowhead whales are ingesting toxins driven by warming in Arctic, study finds, reports Paula Dobbyn, @907808.bsky.social‬, for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/11/b...

mount marathon always looks like a nice little hill in pictures. hard to capture steepness.

Snow at Race Point on Mount Marathon Saturday. 😠

Independence Mine area and Government Peak

Somewhere in Prince William Sound on May 22, but I'm not exactly sure where.

Had a seven-moose day. Here are three of them.

CORNELL UPSETS #2 RANKED MICHIGAN STATE IN THE FINAL SECONDS. 😱 (via NCAA Ice Hockey)

Elbows up, Canada.

Argggg......sea ice broke off in front of Nome on Tuesday. Usually, one half to one mile of stable shorefast ice is in place by mid-February, which folks use as a stable platform for crabbing. #akwx #Alaska #SeaIce #climate @climatologist49.bsky.social knom.org/2025/02/11/i...

Kincaid moose encounter:

Kincaid moose encounter:

Learning a little more about Blue Sky. Hoping for some more hockey content. How about it, UAA, UAF, etc.? For now, here's a calm pic from Eklukta Lake in September. Don't know the kayaker, but he was in just the right spot for the photo.

Hi everyone! Just signed up here, and so far, so good. Will post more as I get the hang of things. Meanwhile, here are some pics: neighborhood moose on Oct. 26, a view of Denali, Hunter and Foraker from across Cook Inlet on Oct. 24 and some very cold bikes outside a dorm at UAF on Oct. 30.

On the 10th anniversary of its founding, World Weather Attribution has published a study showing that the world’s 10 deadliest extreme weather events between 2004 and 2023 were made “more intense and more likely” due to climate change. Manuel Planelles for @elpais.bsky.social

Some of Alaska's extreme precipitation in the past five years. The time scale of these events range from single storms to seasons. Most but not quite all are "high precipitation" related. And this is just what I could fit on one graphic. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange