NOAA cuts, economic headwinds and invasive species pose problems for fisheries, but crab stocks and salmon harvests improved.

Northern U.S. states and higher elevations have the best chances of a white Christmas, while southern and western areas are ...

This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of ...

But a grim reality stares the coastlines of America in the face: a 10-foot increase in sea levels will reshape the country’s ...

A vast number of coastal cities in the U.S. would be submerged if sea levels rise 10 feet, according to a map by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A 10-foot sea level rise ...

NOAA's latest 10-foot sea level scenario all but erases the line between some Bay Area waterfront neighborhoods and the bay itself. On the agency's interactive map, wide bands of the Atlantic, Gulf ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a fleet advisory for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in all waters off Oregon, highlighting an increasing number of whale entanglements. The ...

KUOW Photo/John Ryan It was just before midnight when the tsunami that started with an earthquake in Alaska’s Prince William Sound reached Washington state. The year was 1964. At La Push, a 7-foot ...

A major, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Alaska-Canada border on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:41 a.m. Alaska time about 56 miles ...

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Alaska on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 8:11 a.m. Alaska time about 7 miles northwest of Susitna, ...

SEATTLE — Five Washington fishermen are safe after a treacherous rescue operation in the Gulf of Alaska at the end of October, when their fishing vessel lost power as a storm was quickly approaching.