Shell gets drilling go-ahead in Chukchi
Royal Dutch Shell won permission on Monday to start deep drilling at a Chukchi Sea exploration well, opening the way for the
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Author: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Canadian river carries carbon from thawing permafrost to sea
The mighty Mackenzie River, the largest northward-flowing river in North America and one of the main sources of freshwater flowing into
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Unraveling the mysteries of polar bear hair
Polar bear hairs are hollow to maximize insulating qualities of the animals’ fur, as almost every student of the Arctic
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Shell resumes drilling in Alaska’s Arctic waters for first time since 2012
Royal Dutch Shell began drilling an exploratory well in Alaska’s offshore waters Thursday afternoon, a spokeswoman for the company said. At about 5
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U.S. Coast Guard investigation into damaged Shell icebreaker moves forward
A Shell-contracted icebreaker damaged earlier this month in Unalaska Bay had up-to-date navigational charts on board, but the ship’s draft went deeper
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Beaufort, Chukchi and Bering waves are getting bigger: study
Waves grew bigger and spaced farther apart as ice cover diminished in the Arctic and sub-Arctic waters off Alaska and western Canada,
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Arctic countries ban fishing around North Pole
Decades ago, fishermen, fishery managers and environmentalists from Alaska and the Soviet Union put aside their nations’ differences to try
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Study from Arctic Canada finds cannabis users less obese, less at risk for diabetes
Forget the Funyuns and drop the Doritos. New research out of Arctic Canada suggests that marijuana users, for some yet-to-be-understood
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Banned pollutants turn up in Alaska fur seals
A new study of contaminants known as persistent organic pollutants — various pesticides, preservatives and industrial chemicals — in the bodies of Alaska fur
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U.S. polar bear conservation plan focuses on near-term goals
The federal agency that manages polar bears concedes the most important action needed to protect the threatened animals – reduction
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Arctic Alaska coastal erosion rates among worst in U.S. : report
The shoreline along Alaska’s northern coast has eroded at some of the fastest rates in the nation, putting local communities, oil fields and
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Scientists find genetic divide between Alaska city moose and country moose
City moose and country moose are different — at least in their DNA. A new study finds that Anchorage moose have greater genetic
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Imperial delays oil drilling in Canadian Arctic
Imperial Oil and its offshore Arctic joint-venture partners are delaying their plans for an ambitious drilling project in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, news organizations reported
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September Arctic sea ice forecast
It may be only June, but predictions are already in for Arctic sea ice conditions in September, the month of
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Dramatic increase in tundra-fire frequency in Arctic Alaska: report
If it seems like there’s more fire activity in Alaska than in the past, that’s no illusion. The long-term record shows
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