A large ring or circle of light around the sun or moon is called a 22-degree halo by scientists.

A strong storm impacting NW Alaska with high winds and sea level rise (over 6 ft) caused localized flooding in Kotzebue.

SUVA, Fiji, Nov 8 2017 (IPS) - In the Pacific, climate change is an ever-present threat, undermining human rights, livelihoods, and security. Pacific Islanders are working with courage and resolve to build the resilience of their communities and to catalyse international actions towards ending global carbon pollution. While the Pacific has contributed almost nothing to the causes of climate change, the region is determined to lead the world towards a more just and sustainable future. And while often labelled as ‘small island states’, Pacific Island countries are more accurately characterised as ‘large oceans states’ as they are custodians of vast tracts of ocean, to which their economies, culture, identities and livelihoods are inextricably tied.

A new study suggests that long periods of cold, dry weather helped drive epidemics in ancient and pre-modern China

Near record stretch of foggy days at Ted Stevens International Airport.

This is the second longest period of visibility remaining this low at the Anchorage Airport.

The Kenai Municipal Airport and the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport have both experienced heavy delays, cancellations, and re-routed flights over the past week. 

This is the second year in a row that people from Chuathbaluk are able to use boats (skiffs) on the Kuskokwim River in November.

The number of outages is down from a peak of 484,000 statewide after winds and rain ravaged the region Monday morning.

More open water on rivers and lakes that add to the near-ground moisture.

A heavy fog that rolled into Anchorage in time for Halloween is expected to persist into Thursday afternoon.

Freda Alunik says it looks 'just like spring' at her camp near the Mackenzie River.

The torrential rain, exceptional even by Juneau’s standards, comes courtesy of Typhoon Lan, whose remnants have left Asia.

We put out the call for images of storm damage across the state Monday morning and our readers answered with some great shots.

An incredibly rare octopus invasion may have been caused by recent storms. Storm Ophelia, quickly followed by Storm Brian caused huge waves and storm surges as gusts of up to 80 mph hit the Welsh coast.

Drought, causing low waters in Goodnews River, no blackberries, and early cool weather.

Post-tropical cyclone Ophelia put Ireland on a shutdown.

The remnants of post-tropical cyclone Ophelia hit parts of Ireland with gusts of more than 90 miles per hour. The storm knocked out power to some 360,000 customers.

About a year ago, Tununak opened a $19 million, state-of-the-art airport, but shifting permafrost is buckling the runway.

On June 19, 2015, a slow-moving low-pressure system with spectacular thunderstorms that produced little rain began making its way through Alaska. By the time the storms finally petered out about a week later, 61,000 bolts of lightning had been unleashed on a boreal forest in the state. No one had ever seen anything quite like it, not even in 2004, when 8,500 lightning strikes were recorded in a single day.