Blog: Trump’s cuts and US Arctic research, are the risks only just beginning?
With Trump killing off funding and staffing for research into climate and the Arctic, the U.S. polar science community is
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Climate shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 6.5 trillion tonnes lost since 2000
By Seth Borenstein Scientists who weren’t involved in the study say findings are sobering, accurate and not surprising Climate change
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Trump puts the spotlight anew on a major Alaska gas project
By Becky Bohrer Critics see repackaged version of decades-old effort that has struggled to gain traction Since his election, President
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Trump puts the spotlight anew on a major Alaska gas project. Will it make a difference?
Since his election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed support for a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska — comments
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Family of researcher who died in Nunavut want investigation report released: privacy commissioner
Nunavut’s privacy commissioner says the family of a University of Alberta researcher who died doing field work near Grise Fiord
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Iditarod start moves to Fairbanks due to lack of snow
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will now start in Fairbanks, not Willow, due to a lack of snow, race
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Can we still be friends: Alaska town sends love letter to neighbours in Yukon
Things have gotten a little weird lately with the U.S. and Canada, but one small-town mayor in Alaska hopes his
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Alaska senators introduce bill that would again designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali
Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali — weeks after President
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Alaska needs a state dinosaur, lawmaker says, but top dino scientist not sure on pick
A Fairbanks legislator wants the state to have an official dinosaur, and he’s suggesting that it be a type of
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Villagers support critical lifeline in rural Alaska after plane crash kills 10
The small, striped plane rolled to a stop on a snow-covered airstrip in a remote western Alaska village not far
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Remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash recovered
The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been
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Alaska search ongoing for missing small plane carrying 10 people
Officials says search for Cessna Caravan en route to Nome is hampered by weather, visibility An aircraft carrying 10 people
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Alaskans: Trump can rename Denali, but can’t force people to call it Mount McKinley
By Mark Thiessen President issued executive order last week to change name of North America’s tallest peak North America’s tallest
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Trump targets Alaska’s oil, resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight
By Becky Bohrer Expansive executive order signed by Trump on Monday being cheered by state political leaders President Donald Trump’s
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Trump signs order ‘unleashing’ Alaska’s resources
On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to undo most of his
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