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A weak La Niña system is predicted this winter, meaning meteorologists can't forecast whether the Aleutian Islands will experience higher or lower than normal temperatures and precipitation this season.
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If you were in Unalaska this weekend, there’s a chance you felt an earthquake. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 63 miles southwest of the island on Oct. 5 at 4:50 a.m., followed by many aftershocks. It created a seismic sequence where 10 of the aftershocks measured greater than magnitude 4.
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The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue the federal government over a new marine highway in Alaska. The environmental group sent a notice letter on Sept. 21 to the U.S. Maritime Administration, which designated the new highway. The letter contends that the federal agency is violating the Endangered Species Act for failing to consider possible harm to endangered wildlife along Alaska’s coast.
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A group of scientists from Colorado is using drone technology to keep an eye on activity in Makushin Volcano.
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Scientists aboard a federal research vessel may have discovered two new species in the Aleutian Islands this summer.
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Unalaska’s Alaska Native village corporation, Ounalashka Corp., is set to receive $1 million from the federal government to clean up contaminated land. The Ounalashka Corp. said it will use the grant money to remove soils contaminated with PCBs and conduct an initial round of soil and groundwater sampling at a WWII-era warehouse.
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The NOAA research vessel Okeanos Explorer recently stopped by Unalaska. The crew is mapping the floor of the Bering Sea as part of Seascape Alaska, a five-month project that started in May of this year.
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Unalaska is no longer using toxic gasses to purify its drinking water. In late May, the city switched from using chlorine gas to a sodium hypochlorite to treat the island’s drinking water in order to reduce wear and tear on local plumbing. Public Utilities Director Steve Tompkins said the new chemical is much safer and easier on the island’s pipes than chlorine gas.
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Fisheries technicians wrapped up the 2023 season at Unalaska's McLees Lake weir last week, reporting a total escapement of 26,945 sockeye salmon — the weir's highest count since 2016.
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Two ash eruptions from Shishaldin Volcano disrupted air travel to the Aleutians Tuesday.
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Coastal Alaska is on the front lines of climate change. Extreme weather events are becoming more common, and many communities along Alaska’s shores wonder if the future will bring more of the same. A group of researchers tries to answer what storms might look like in the future by turning toward the past.
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KUCB's Hope McKenney sits down for a discussion with the Qawalangin Tribe’s new resilience project manager.