Changing sea ice may be spreading diseases among mammals
The warming climate is helping spread southern pathogens and diseases north, scientists have found. But what about northern pathogens and
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Author: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Alaska nonprofit buys land for public use, conservation
A swath of land that would be otherwise developed into a Wasilla subdivision has been purchased and preserved for addition
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Arctic Alaska lakes icing up later, thawing earlier
Small lakes and ponds around Alaska’s North Slope are freezing up later in the year, thawing out earlier in the
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Weather takes a toll on wildlife, environment in Alaska
Anchorage’s soggy and warm winter has been tough on Knobby, a Bactrian camel at the Alaska Zoo, among other animals.
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Shell calls off 2014 oil exploration in Arctic Alaska
Royal Dutch Shell’s new chief executive said Thursday the company is shelving its Alaska exploration program, at least for this
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Winter rain becoming new normal in Alaska and Arctic
When winter temperatures in Alaska’s largest city rise, Mike Abbott has reason to sweat. Abbott, chief of operations for the
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Court rules 2008 Chukchi Sea lease sale fell short on considering environmental risks
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the U.S. Department of Interior failed to properly consider environmental risks of
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Polar bears increasingly coming ashore in Arctic Alaska
By Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch Piles of bowhead whale bones and blubber left on an Arctic beach by North Slope
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Agency seeks assurances about Shell drilling safeguards
Before Shell wins approval for drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Northwestern Alaska this year, the company must prove that
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Arctic ice growing slower than average so far this winter
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean grew slowly over the past month, giving December the fourth-lowest coverage in 36 years
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Global warming winners? Brant thriving amid changes in Arctic Alaska
Diminished Arctic sea ice and thawing permafrost, phenomena that reinforce the climate change cycle and perpetuate the region’s warming trend,
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Guilty pleas in U.S./Canada narwhal tusk trafficking case
Two Tennessee men have admitted to illegally selling the pointed tusks of more than 100 narwhals, engaging in an operation
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Waste pollutants: Discharge permits or pipeline for Alaska mine?
Wastes from the Red Dog Mine and its port will continue to flow into the creek alongside the huge lead-zinc
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Renowned Siberian ivory carvers turn to printmaking with help from Alaska, Canada
The Chukchi people of Uelen, a tiny village on the Russian side of the Bering Strait and the Russian mainland
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New study to examine mercury in Arctic
Mercury streaming into the atmosphere from industrial operations in southern latitudes poses risks to the Arctic ecosystem, scientists have long
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