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A massive earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could trigger a devastating mega-tsunami, threatening Alaska, Hawaii, ...
Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.
Scientists warn if a 1,000-ft ‘mega-tsunami’ spurs from an active fault line it could wipe part of America off the map - ...
Do you have a question about sea level rise? Let us know via science@newsweek.com. A map shows where in Alaska may be at risk of serious flooding from sea level rise by 2100. A new study from ...
Michigan has the highest percentage of water area among U.S. states, at 41.5%. Alaska has the largest total water area, while ...
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it is canceling permission for about 9,000 Afghanistan refugees to remain in the United States ... days after the Alaska House of Representatives ...
Immense beyond imagination, Alaska covers more territory than Texas, California, and Montana combined. Wide swaths of the 49th state—aptly nicknamed the “Last Frontier”—are untamed and ...
Scientists at Mount Spurr in Alaska have been unable to collect vital ... collection of new gas data will help us improve this assessment,” it added. Cloudy weather has rendered AVO planes ...
Alaska has elections for governor, Senate and in its at-large US House district. Alaska’s elections utilize ranked-choice voting. Voters will rank their top four picks in each race. If no one ...
high-resolution maps of Alaska. He made good on that promise this week with the release of the first set of maps, called Arctic digital elevation models or ArcticDEMs, created through the National ...
Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III of Alaska has co-sponsored legislation to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in federal elections. One of the main authors of the measure that led to ...