Alaska
If climate change continues as it has been and warming trend predictions are correct, the massive icefield that feeds Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier - the Juneau Icefield - might be gone by 2200. The findings were published in a recent study by researchers from the University of Alaska...
North America's tallest mountain peak just got a new name. Or, more accurately, the mountain formerly known as Mount McKinley just got its old name back.
On August 30, during a trip to Alaska, President Obama said the name of the state's 20,237-foot (6,168 meters) mountain...
