Lack of sea ice has deep impact on wildlife and upcoming weather in Alaska
Sea ice is sparse in Arctic waters off Alaska, and the implications for animals, upcoming winter weather and next year’s ice
Read moreSea ice is sparse in Arctic waters off Alaska, and the implications for animals, upcoming winter weather and next year’s ice
Read moreThe small and sometimes patchy glaciers that cling to high mountain slopes in Alaska appear to be big players in
Read moreThe federal government has announced a review of the status of the tiny Aleutian shield fern, which barely survives between the rocks and
Read moreBirds, fish, marine mammals, oil rigs, ships of various sizes and people cross paths in the Arctic waters off Alaska.
Read moreFor decades, the crowds of small, dark sea geese on the tundra of southwestern Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have been thinning,
Read moreAs Arctic sea ice has dwindled, polar bear attacks on people have increased — correlated trends that point to distressed conditions
Read moreLess than two years after Royal Dutch Shell abandoned its offshore Arctic oil exploration program and triggered an exodus of other
Read moreFor polar bears pushed to shore as summer sea ice vanishes, there appears to be a side benefit — mercury levels
Read moreFor the first time in decades, an oil company has put significant money into leases in federal waters of Southcentral
Read moreEarlier spring snowmelt in northern Alaska could mean future trouble for wolverines, elusive fur-bearing mammals that hide in snow caves
Read moreWhen foreign ministers from all eight Arctic nations signed a declaration this month committing their countries to fighting climate change,
Read moreFAIRBANKS — An environmental mystery lies in the remote Aleutian chain, the archipelago that stretches to Asia: Why do endangered Steller
Read moreFor the rapidly warming Arctic, where people may be anxious about climate change, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week had some soothing words.
Read moreHot, humid India may lie well south of the Arctic Circle, but it has plenty of connections to the Arctic, its
Read moreFAIRBANKS — When he opened a meeting of his colleagues from all the Arctic nations, U.S. Secretary of State Rex
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