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Alaska Arctic Climate Change Extreme Weather Global Warming

Temperatures in Alaska are toppling records

sudshr47 March 26, 2019

It’s unusually warm in The Last Frontier.
Large swaths of Alaska have seen record or near-record warmth this March said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. And the trend isn’t quitting.&#160…

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Alaska passes groundbreaking marijuana legislation

sudshr47 March 15, 2019

The new law allows people to use the drug in public smoking areas at dispensaries. Alaska is the first state in the U.S. to pass this kind of measure statewide. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Marijuana, Cannabis, Weed, and Alaska

Alaska Bears Environmental Issues Epa Science

While the Bear Cam bears hibernate, the Trump admin weighs a big plan to mine their world

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

When the peak of summer arrives in Alaska and the radiant midnight sun hangs in the northern sky, tens of millions of salmon make their move. They race up rivers, leap over waterfalls, and clog narrow streams with their hefty, five-pound bodies. It is then that Alaska’s Bristol Bay — home to the largest run of sockeye salmon on the planet — comes to life. Wolverines, foxes, lynx, and bald eagles descend upon this untrammeled realm. And the most dominant creature of the land, the brown bear, saunters down to these rivers. It’s here that the bears grow fat, stripping the skin off of salmon like it’s string cheese and devouring the pink flesh and fatty brains. Read more…

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As rocket companies proliferate, new enabling tech emerges as the next wave in the space race

sudshr47 February 3, 2019

Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Relativity Space, Slingshot Aeropsace, SpaceX and Virgin Orbit have raised billions of dollars to create new vehicles to launch payloads into space, but as the private space industry develops in the U.S. investors are beginning to back enabling technologies boost the next wave of innovation. Whether it’s satellite manufacturers, new propulsion […]

Alaska Animals Culture Moose

Moose casually wanders into hospital on a snack run

sudshr47 January 9, 2019

Don’t say ‘moose on the loose.’ Don’t say ‘moose on the loose.’ Don’t say ‘moose on the loose.’
Staffers found a moose on the loose (argh, sorry) in a hospital building in Anchorage, Alaska on Monday, seemingly on a mission to snack on some tas…

Alaska Earthquake Photos Science Web Culture

Photos of collapsed, cracked roads show the power of Alaska’s earthquake

sudshr47 December 1, 2018

Photos of the wreckage in Alaska highlight the power of Friday’s destructive earthquake.

Anchorage and its surrounding areas were shaken by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning. Gov. Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration, closing schools as roads and bridges collapsed and cracked. The Anchorage Water Waste and Utility Department advised residents to boil their water in case of contamination.

Here’s a look at major infrastructure damage shared online in the aftermath:

I just got sent home from work after a massive earthquake in Anchorage, #Alaska : pic.twitter.com/gOXsUrzdGT

— Ryan Hobbs (@RyanHobbsMMA) November 30, 2018 Read more…

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Day 4 of Fat Bear Week voting pits a bully against a chunky favorite at the Brooks River

sudshr47 October 6, 2018

Welcome to Fat Bear Week at Mashable! Each fall, Katmai National Park holds a competition as Alaska’s brown bears finish fattening up for their long winter hibernation. This year, Mashable is getting in on the salmon-munching action. Check back with us all week as we follow the fat bear face-offs each day, and remember to get your votes in for each round. Happy fishing!

Saturday is a day of Fat Bear Week legends.

Bear 32, known appropriately as “Chunk” by his fans, is facing down Bear 856, the scarred bully of the Brooks River. Voting is open until 10:00 p.m. ET on Saturday via Katmai National Park’s Facebook page. Read more…

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Day 3 of Fat Bear Week features a big showdown between two former champs

sudshr47 October 5, 2018

Just eight fat bears remain. The Fat Bear Week quarterfinals have arrived.

Thursday’s matchups saw the chubby cubbies fall to Bear 719 and Chunk beat out Bear 812, and Friday’s heat-to-heads look particularly competitive.

The first features a matchup between last year’s champion, Bear 480 “Otis,” and the impressively filled-out Bear 409 “Beadnose” — also a former champion. Voting opened on the Katmai Facebook page at 10 a.m. ET. Read more…

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Day 2 of Fat Bear Week pits a scarred, powerful male against a young challenger

sudshr47 October 4, 2018

Get ready for another day of fat brown bear face-offs.

The second day of the Fat Bear Week competition features two separate matches. The first pits Bear 32 “Chunk” — who in 2017 was the most dominant bear in Alaska’s Brooks River — against a younger, teenage bear. Read more…

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Ransomware attack forces town’s employees to go back to typewriters

sudshr47 August 2, 2018

A borough and a town in Alaska have been hit by a devastating ransomware attack, forcing employees to completely forego computers and go back to typewriters and hand receipts.
Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su), a borough in the Anchorage Metropolitan …

Alaska Bearcam Bears Salmon Science

The bears of Alaska’s bear cam should have left the river by now. Why are they still here?

sudshr47 August 1, 2018

Thousands of fish are ripped to shreds along the Brooks River each July.

With a glut of fresh salmon at their disposal, many brown bears just munch the fatty skin and brains of the fish, leaving the bright red meat for lesser bears.

By later July, once the salmon run peters out, however, most of the bears usually vanish into the dense woods from whence they came, seeking fresher feeding grounds.

But it’s August 1, and Katmai National Park’s Brooks River — home to explore.org‘s five live-streaming webcams — is still bustling with brown bear activity. Read more…

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The Blockbuster from ‘Last Week Tonight’ just closed

sudshr47 July 13, 2018

The dream of Blockbuster was alive in Alaska, but no longer. The Blockbuster stores chugging along up North – including the one that John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight donated Russell Crowe-themed movie props to – are closing down. The last surviving Blockbuster will be in Bend, Or.

According to Deadline, the stores officially close on Monday, but will sell off their remaining inventory from Tuesday until the end of August.

In April, Oliver donated Russell Crowe memorabilia from a Sotheby’s auction to the Blockbuster in Anchorage to draw in movie buffs and keep business afloat. Alaskans, Oliver reported, still depend on Blockbuster since they have limited access to the kind of internet that can support the rest of the nation’s streaming habits. An employee interviewed for the segment noted that many people simply photograph or enter the store for the novelty and memories. Read more…

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