The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that ...

It was a very early morning in August when an entire mountainside in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord detached and slid into the deep ocean water beneath it.

Alaska pollock, shown here from a harvest, make up the nation’s top-volume single-species commercial seafood catch. Each ...

If marine heatwaves start to disrupt the carbon pump around India — just as seen in Alaska — then more carbon might stay near the surface or return to the atmosphere.

The Northeast Pacific ocean, off the U.S. West Coast, is experiencing its fourth-largest marine heat wave since record-keeping began in 1982. “The extent of the current Pacific marine heatwave should ...

A voyage meant for adventure turned into a fight against nature. This is the story of gale force winds, failing systems, and the struggle to keep a sailboat alive on the way to Alaska. Israeli ...

An energized Pacific jet is spawning storms and atmospheric rivers directed at the Northwest, while California sits just ...

With gaps in weather balloon data, the National Weather Service didn’t have accurate projections of the worst flooding from ...

UPPER CHENA RIVER — On this rainy September afternoon, Erik Schoen vacuums water from a backwater slough. The clear flow runs through a plastic tube and into a jar. The liquid will tell him if toothy ...

As September comes to a close, two back-to-back storm systems are expected to sweep through the Bay Area, delivering the “first true widespread rainfall” of the season, Nicole Sarment, a meteorologist ...

The remnants of a tropical storm that brought steamy rain and a volatile atmosphere to the Bay Area last week have faded, according to the National Weather Service. Next up are two rainy systems — the ...