The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study.

June marks the thaw and breakup season for most of Alaska. Though unusual, June snowfall is not unprecedented in the Brooks ...

Juneau is getting a new public-use cabin, this time built by a local trail maintenance nonprofit. The cabin will be owned and maintained by the city but constructed by Trail Mix Inc., which builds and ...

Twelve inches of fresh powder had just fallen at Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, Alaska, when I arrived for my first day of skiing last February. Snow packed the slumping branches of towering pines ...

(AP Photo/Becky Bohrer) (AP) — The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow-covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the ...

Melting of Alaska's Juneau Icefield Accelerates, Losing Snow Nearly 5 Times Faster Than in the 1980s The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating.

The melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new ...

The Juneau icefield in Alaska, home to over 1,000 glaciers, is experiencing accelerated melting, now shrinking 4.6 times faster than in the 1980s. Researchers tracked snow levels back to 1948 and ...