“Particularly the large migratory herds, including the Western Arctic herd, have shown significant drops in population ...

December 2024 in Sitka was the warmest on record, with average temperatures of 42.7 degrees Fahrenheit. Those temperatures ...

Rick Thoman, an Alaska climate specialist who works at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, told Alaska’s News Source one of the most concerning new findings this year is how carbon is cycling ...

In November’s election, Mr. De Soto easily defeated Constitution Party candidate Rick Thoman. The Democrats did not field a candidate for the district, which includes part of the rural ...

“We had such a mild December,” said climate specialist Rick Thoman. “We only had four days below zero. So while it's not ...

Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state of the Arctic ...

Rick Thoman and Heather McFarland. Forty scientists and Indigenous experts contributed to the 32-page report, called Alaska’s Changing Environment 2.0. The report lists examples of extreme ...

Chukchi sea ice in early November was at its lowest level on record, said Rick Thoman, a climate expert at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ International Arctic Research Center and a former ...

Rick Thoman, a climate researcher at University of Alaska Fairbanks, edited the report and said the NOAA report card also documents rapid declines in caribou herds. “Particularly the large ...