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2018 was the 4th-warmest year on record, NOAA and NASA reveal

7 February 20197 February 2019 Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News 1 Comment climate change, disasters, drought, floods, forest fires, global warming, heat, NASA, NOAA

It was another record warm year for Earth. On Wednesday, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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CO2 may rob Arctic salmon of their sense of smell, new study says

19 December 201819 December 2018 Jackie McKay, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, Coho salmon, environment, fish, NOAA, pollution, silver salmon, University of Washington, Yukon

A new study out of the University of Washington and NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Centre shows rising carbon dioxide

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Investigation into washed up whale’s death begins in Alaska

28 September 2017 Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments fauna, NOAA

The extraordinary sight of a 30-foot long dead humpback whale that washed up on a beach area in Anchorage has

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NOAA to remove Endangered Species Act protections for most humpback whales

7 September 2016 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Endangered Species Act, humpback whales, Marine Mammal Protection Act, NOAA

Humpback whales, a species that migrates to Alaska and is famous for singing below the water’s surface and leaping above it,

Map of the Barents Strait between Alaska and Russia's Chukotka region. How will tensions between Moscow and Washington affect researchers in the Arctic? (iStock)

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Whaling ship wreckage found off Arctic Alaska

7 January 20168 January 2016 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments archaeology, history, NOAA, oceans, Science, technology, whales

When pack ice shifted to trap 33 commercial whaling ships off Alaska’s Arctic coast in the fall of 1871, more than

Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)

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Ocean acidification strong off Alaska

16 November 20155 January 2016 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Arctic, climate, currents, NOAA, Science

The Arctic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean, along with Antarctic waters, are acidifying faster than the rest of the world’s

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Shipping, military and the continental shelf: Arctic week in review

12 June 201516 June 2015 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Finland, health, jets, mapping, Navigation, NOAA, Science, technology

On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

The NOAA ship Rainier in Seward in 2001 for a Resurrection Bay mapping project Wednesday. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

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U.S. to collect Arctic data for modern navigational charts

10 June 2015 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, mapping, NOAA, oceans, Russia, shipping

The Office of Coast Survey, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is one of the U.S. government’s oldest agencies,

The Bering Sea (pictured above) has the benefit of phytoplankton blooms, something that helps buffer it against acidification. (iStock)

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Ice retreat threatening Bering Sea pollock

6 May 20157 May 2015 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, climate, fishing, NOAA

The years 2002 through 2005 were bad for Bering Sea pollock. The biomass plunged during those years. In a presentation in

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ARCTREX tests Arctic oil spill tracking techniques

26 January 201526 January 2015 Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage 0 Comments Alaska, Chukchi, energy, NOAA, oceans

Offshore oil and gas exploration has become increasingly prominent over the past several years. But, questions remain about how effective

Sunset over the Barents Sea. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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2014 warmest year in history for Norway

6 January 20158 January 2015 Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, climate, Finnmark, NOAA, nordic, weather

2014 was the warmest year ever recorded in Norway. The average annual temperature was 2.2 °C higher than normal –

In this aerial photo taken on Sept. 23, 2014 and released by NOAA, some 1500 walrus are gather on the northwest coast of Alaska. Pacific walrus looking for places to rest in the absence of sea ice are coming to shore in record numbers, according to NOAA. (Corey Accardo/ NOAA/AP)

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Huge onshore crowds of walruses a new phenomenon for Arctic Alaska, scientists say

2 October 20143 October 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Chukchi, NOAA, Point Lay, wildlife

Gatherings of thousands of walruses crowded together on northwestern Alaska shorelines, like the congregation of 35,000 animals spotted this weekend

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Biologists spot huge gathering of walruses in Arctic Alaska

1 October 20142 October 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Chukchi, NOAA, Point Lay, wildlife

With floating ice sparse in the Chukchi Sea, an estimated 35,000 walruses were found crowded onto a beach near the

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Ice-Blog: Arctic thaw – carry on regardless?

25 July 201416 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, climate, emissions, ice, NOAA, Science, Warming

When a colleague who has a lot of sympathy for those who do NOT accept that humans are responsible for