Could a giant polar bear skull from Alaska belong to the legendary ‘weasel bear’?
Aboriginal hunters from Arctic Canada have a couple of names for what they say is an extremely rare polar bear that
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Author: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Eklutna Glacier, source of Anchorage’s water, is dripping away — but oh so slowly
The days are numbered for the glacier that provides most of the drinking water for Alaska’s largest city. Fortunately for
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Increased activity in warming Arctic piques interest of U.S. National Guard leaders
National Guard officials from more than a fourth of the states say they’re so interested in the future of the Arctic
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NASA research flight around the world pauses in Anchorage, Alaska
Air pollution can be obvious when it is concentrated around cities and industrial centers. But what about the big parts
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Warming ocean waters off Alaska bring widespread ecological changes, with more expected in the future
As the global climate heats up, so do the ocean waters off Alaska, meaning big changes for marine ecosystems and
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US Arctic officials don’t expect big policy changes with Trump presidency
Federal agencies that manage Arctic and climate matters were in turmoil Thursday, as Department of State websites that formerly distributed climate-science
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Trump’s view of research casts shadow over Alaska marine science conference
The new president dismisses climate change as a hoax, and he has named like-minded people to high-level government posts. His
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Does the ‘Blob’ foretell North Pacific future? A scientist says yes.
There is good news and bad news about the big warm-water “Blob” that has wreaked havoc on the North Pacific
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With Arctic freeze-up coming later, some belugas delay fall migration
The annual freeze-up in Arctic waters off Alaska is coming later, and some beluga whales seem to have taken notice.
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Slowing Arctic warming called the only hope for polar bears in the long term
Just days before the inauguration of a new president who has dismissed climate change as a hoax, the Obama administration
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Alaska gulls are picking up antibiotic-resistant bacteria that could infect humans
Seagulls flocking to a garbage dump and to an often-crowded fishing site on the Kenai Peninsula are carrying away something
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Change in the Arctic this year was unlike any ever seen, scientists say
The meltdown at the top of the world proceeded at an unprecedented clip over the past year, a sweeping scientific
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Fishing ban in international Arctic waters remains elusive
More than a year ago, five Arctic nations signed a declaration pledging to keep their fishing fleets out of the
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Arctic soils are set to release a lot of carbon – probably more than local plants can absorb
As temperatures have risen in the Arctic and worldwide, so have worries about how much carbon might stream into the atmosphere
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Cretaceous-era prints in Alaska park suggest newborn hadrosaurs walked on all fours
Did baby duck-billed dinosaurs walk on two limbs or four? Paleontologists have long wondered. Now information gleaned from tracks found
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