He adds that by 2100, northern Alaska coastal communities will experience similar flood exposure. In the study, a map shows where in Alaska coastal communities face the prospect of severe flooding.

Each year, coastal communities in Western Alaska watch feet - even yards - of shoreline disappear into the waves. Now, a new online mapping tool will let them look at past erosion and see where ...

Alaska maps released this week are most precise ever Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 15:08 ... coastal features and the drainage network of the area.

Late last week, the White House announced something seemingly mundane — a series of new topographic maps of the U.S.’s only Arctic state, Alaska. Ninety percent of the enormous state has now ...

5 Coastal Towns in Alaska That Are Adorable in Any Weather. From Gold Rush-era settlements to national park gateways, these quaint Alaskan towns are worth a visit. By. Patricia Doherty.

Off Alaska coast, research crew peers down, ... In 2 to 4 weeks, the Okeanos Explorer can map as much as 31,069 square miles, ... which has one of the nation’s largest coastal ecosystems, ...

Named for former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles, who spearheaded the project, the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back paved trail winding its way from downtown Anchorage south to ...

Alaska has some of our planet’s largest icefields, and their melting is a major contributor to sea-level rise. As the ice melts, the level of the Earth's oceans rise, which will slowly put some of the ...