Salmon nose deep into Alaska ecosystems

Salmon nose deep into Alaska ecosystems By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]D[/fusion_dropcap]uring a good year in Bristol Bay, a surge of more than 100 million pounds of sockeye salmon fights its way upstream, spawns, and dies. In Bristol Bay and elsewhere in Alaska, this incredible pulse of salmon carcasses enriches streams and rivers and makes young fish [...]

Alaska Blackfish In A World Of Its Own

Alaska Blackfish In A World Of Its Own By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]I[/fusion_dropcap]magine a shallow lake north of Hughes, in the cold heart of Alaska. In frigid, sluggish water, dim blue light penetrates two feet of ice. The ice has a quarter-size hole, maintained by a stream of methane bubbles. Every few minutes, a brutish little [...]

Mastodons long gone from the north

Mastodons long gone from the north By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]A[/fusion_dropcap] long, long time ago, a hairy elephant stomped the northland, wrecking trees and shrubs as it swallowed twigs, leaves and bark. These mastodons left a few scattered teeth and bones in Alaska and the Yukon, reminders of an immense mammal that lived as far south [...]