Pyrocumulonimbus cloud / smoke from the MacDonald fire south of Fairbanks, Alaska, which ignited on June 8, 2024. The fire ...
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Alaska's largest wildfires of year rage after 31,000 lightning strikes over 3-day period
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Firefighters across the Final Frontier are working to contain dozens of blazes that have forced evacuations and occasionally sent plumes of smoke drifting into the Lower 48.
It was raining buckets at the Tanana Valley Farmer's Market in Fairbanks on July 9: a major turning point for Interior Alaska's fire season. Visitors dodged the downpour, hopping from one tent-covered ...
In the face of a changing climate, an updated planning tool will act as Anchorage's guide to preparing for and living with an ...
Smoke from the Ikpikpuk Fire is seen on June 23 in this satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. (Image provided by Ben Jones/University of Alaska Fairbanks) A lightning-sparked fire that has burned ...
Alaska wildfires burned more than 1 million acres this year, putting the 2025 season at about the average for recent decades. Alaska fire seasons of more than 1 million acres have become more frequent ...
Earlier this summer, Interior Alaska wildfires were so widespread, Fairbanks resident Nettie La Belle-Hamer had to prepare a go-box in case the flames encroached too closely on her home. La ...
Smoke from a lightning-induced wildfire near Minto in 2023. Every summer in Alaska there is the threat of wildfires throughout the state. This year Mount Spur is also threatening to send volcanic ash ...
Alaska, the great northern frontier of America, is being reshaped by climate change. While rising temperatures are altering its character and landscape, they are also bringing the ravages of wildfires ...
A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile ...
A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile ...
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