Alaska

Dog dies from overheating on Alaska Airlines flight

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A family is devastated after their beloved dog died from heat exhaustion on an Alaska Airlines flight. Angie and Gary Englegau are devastated by the death of their four-year-old French bulldog Frank. The couple moved from Hawaii to Portland, Oregon on June 30 when the tragedy occurred. “Life won’t be the same without him,” Angie … Read more

Researchers warn of looming ‘death spiral’ for rapidly melting Alaska ice field | Common Dreams

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The melting of Alaska’s Juneau Icefield, which contains more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating and could reach a tipping point much sooner than predicted, according to research published Tuesday. The research, which was published in the journal Nature communicationshows that ice loss from the Juneau Icefield began to accelerate rapidly after 2005. The paper’s authors … Read more