U.S. Interior Secretary concludes listening tour on Indian boarding school legacy
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s yearlong “The Road to Healing” tour, undertaken to create a permanent oral history of Indian
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Sole U.S. diplomatic station above Arctic Circle opened in Tromso, Norway
The United States opened a diplomatic station in Tromso, Norway on Friday, its sole such post above the Arctic Circle.
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Blog: The death of Arctic exceptionalism
While climatic tipping points have received significant attention from scientists, geopolitical tipping points in the Arctic are little examined. Yet
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U.S. Interior Secretary listens to Indian boarding school survivors on Alaska stop
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has wrapped up her multi-day trip to Alaska which included participating in the process currently
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White House releases U.S. Arctic strategy implementation plan
Partnership with Canada on North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) modernization are amongst the top security priorities outlined in the
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New research suggest some salmon species expanding their range in the Arctic
An Alaska-based project has found salmon spawning in the Arctic Ocean watershed, suggesting that climate change is pushing certain salmon
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Beavers pose methane problem in the Arctic
Climate change is helping beavers colonize the Arctic, and those beavers are in turn causing more climate change. A study by
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Antarctic 2023 sea ice maximum hits record low since satellite data began
Maximum Antarctic sea ice extent hit a likely all-time low on September 10, setting a historic record since satellite data
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Alaska’s fisheries face climate change, costs; fewer youth join trade
By Joshua A. Bickel · The Associated Press Lane Bolich first came to work in Alaska for the freedom and excitement that comes
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Husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola dies in an airplane crash in Alaska
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash, her office said in a statement Wednesday. “We are
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Haaland cancels leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has canceled all oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in a move
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Alaska report highlights circumstances around hundreds of missing Indigenous people
By Jeremy Hsieh, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage The Alaska Department of Public Safety and the Anchorage Police Department announced Tuesday that
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Researchers discover thousands of dinosaur footprints in Alaska
By Muzna Erum · CBC Radio Dustin Stewart says tracks date back nearly 70 million years, and are of multiple dino species
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Study shows microplastics can migrate to whale and dolphin tissue
New research indicates that microplastics don’t just get ingested into marine mammal’s digestive tracts, but can migrate into their tissue.
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Snow print DNA analysis allows for innovative monitoring of polar bears
A team of researchers at the University of Idaho have found a way to scrape DNA from polar bear snow
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