Veterans of Alaska’s oil industry look to blaze renewable energy pathway

And: One scientist's 50-year journey studying Arctic seabirds ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Northrim Bank]( Good afternoon. It’s Monday, October 7. In today's newsletter: - This scientist came to Alaska as a young man to study seabirds on a barren barrier island. Decades later, he found the fingerprints of climate change. After a lifetime, [will he see this colony disappear]( - A cadre of Alaska oil industry veterans have joined an ambitious effort by clean energy advocates [to try to rewire the state’s fossil fuel mindset]( by tapping Alaska’s massive potential for renewable power. - A [landslide blocked a road in Ketchikan]( on Sunday, cutting off a half-dozen vehicles, just over a month after a devastating slide into downtown killed a city worker and injured several people. Peregrine falcon numbers are nosediving on the upper Yukon River as they did the past few years. Biologist Skip Ambrose, who has monitored peregrine falcons there for decades, believes highly pathogenic avian influenza is [the culprit behind their declining numbers]( says science writer Ned Rozell. Anchorage weather It's partly sunny today with a high near 50 degrees. The forecast calls for rain starting overnight and lasting through much of this week. Daytime temperatures will dip down into the mid- to high 40s later this week. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [The polar bear and the bird scientist: George Divoky’s 50-year Arctic vigil →]( Divoky first came to Cooper Island in 1972, and this summer was his 50th consecutive field season. He has worked there for decades, mostly alone, to document how the warming climate has affected black guillemots in Alaska’s Arctic. ADVERTISEMENT [Veterans of Alaska’s oil industry look to blaze a renewable energy pathway in the state →]( Cook Inlet is a hotbed of green energy ambitions, with proposals for wind, geothermal, tidal and hydrogen production, but their success could be stymied by the fossil fuel foundation of the state’s economy and politics. [New Ketchikan landslide blocks road, cutting off motorists →]( The slide did not lead to any injuries but cut off six vehicles with eight people inside, according to reports from city officials. The area received heavy rainfall in recent days. [Alaska Gov. Dunleavy spends nearly $10,000 on Facebook ads to support education agenda →]( Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office spent nearly $10,000 on publicly funded Facebook advertisements meant to collect the names and email addresses of individuals who support his education agenda, according to records obtained by the Daily News. [Man charged with murders of two 18-year-olds in Hooper Bay →]( A 20-year-old Hooper Bay man was arrested over the weekend “in the violent murder” of two 18-year-old women who were found dead in Southwest Alaska last week, Alaska State Troopers. ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Alaska records show no evidence of widespread noncitizen voting or registration →]( [Fire destroys Haines businesses, apartments →]( [Hurricane Milton becomes a Category 5 storm as it bears down on Tampa Bay →]( [Special-teams struggles cost UAA hockey team dearly in season-opening loss to No. 1 ranked Denver →]( [Travel: Hub airports are important, and utilizing them can maximize a traveler’s experience →]( [Tribes slow Oregon’s offshore wind energy plans to ask ‘the big questions’ on cultural and environmental impacts →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States