Photo by POW Creative Alliance member Liam Gallagher A couch-sized chest freezer sits in my Anchorage garage, adorned by all the stickers for outdoor gear brands, air taxi services, and local pizza shops that found no home on water bottles or skis. This coffer of...
Photo by POW Creative Alliance Captain Emily Tidwell The media often emphasize how much is unknown about climate change, but scientists have understood the basic science behind it for 150 years. Early researchers discovered the greenhouse effect in the mid-1800s, and...
POW Science Alliance member Neil Lareau, a professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, who studies extreme fire behavior, noticed something unusual about this year’s Tour de France. As riders ascended the early stages, the sky appeared...
Photo by Eszter Horanyi Feeling like every outdoor adventure this summer turns into a sufferfest? You’re not imagining it. Heat waves are hitting harder, lasting longer, and reaching places that have never seen this kind of extreme.To understand what’s driving these...
The Outdoor State is educated, motivated, and engaged when it comes to trail maintenance, weather forecasting, public policy, and a host of other issues related to the environment. And yet we all could probably use a refresher course now and again, be it brushing up...
Defined by their immense size and slow, steady flow, glaciers hold stories of Earth’s past—and warnings for its future.2025 is the United Nations International Year of Glacier Preservation, a global call to understand and address the rapid loss of glaciers and its...
