When remnants of Typhoon Merbok hit the Alaska Native village of Hooper Bay in 2022, the impact was immediate and — for this roughly 1,400-person town on the edge of the Bering Sea ...

Why did some species, including ancient humans, cross the Bering Land Bridge between modern-day Siberia and Alaska during the last Ice Age? The picture has only gotten more complex.

Plumes of sediment create fans of color in the Bering Sea, near the mouth of the Yukon River. Credit: NASA/OB.DAAC Coastlines are dynamic by nature, shaped by the push of inland sediment and the ...

A pivotal history of Earth lies submerged beneath the Bering Sea. Today this frigid strait separates North America and Asia, but geologists suspect when the oceans were dramatically lower a land ...

From worms with squid-like tentacles to fish with teeth on their tongues, here are some of the most alien-looking creatures ...

Alaska’s Yukon River may be shuttling much more than just water as it traverses the state and empties into the Bering Sea. A California-led research team has now found evidence that climate ...

NOME, ALASKA: Few people possess the skills necessary to work as dredgers like the cast members of 'Bering Sea Gold'. The reality show tracks dredgers as they sift through the Bering Sea's bottom ...

Sarah Fowell, UAF professor of geology, explains “We are the first expedition that’s going to be collecting cores from the Bering Sea shelf. For the purpose coring all the way through the marine ...

An image of Typhoon Nuri at peak intensity over the Bering Sea on Nov. 8, 2014, one of the most intense storms on record in the Bering Sea. (From NASA) Coastal Alaska is on the front lines of ...

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 ...

Although scientists have not watched the Bering Sea amphipods creating the holes, they think they are probably eating sediment in nutrient-rich seabed areas while excavating tunnels.