What environmentalists won by losing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline battle
In the late 1960s, the oil companies knew they needed a pipeline to get Prudhoe Bay oil to market, and they
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Environment (USA)
Polar bears’ switch to land foods showing up in lowered mercury levels
For polar bears pushed to shore as summer sea ice vanishes, there appears to be a side benefit — mercury levels
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$50 million in federal funds headed to Alaska for fish and wildlife services
WASHINGTON — Alaska will receive more than $50 million this year from the Interior Department through a fund for protecting
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Dwindling spring snowpack could be a troubling sign for Alaska wolverines
Earlier spring snowmelt in northern Alaska could mean future trouble for wolverines, elusive fur-bearing mammals that hide in snow caves
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Ice-Blog: Trump’s alternative reality? No warming, cool oceans, intact coral
“Irene, have you heard the news? Looks like Trump has pulled out of the Paris Agreement.” While the US President
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Alaska’s tiny, restless Bogoslof volcano erupts again – and researchers won’t be going there anytime soon
Alaska’s most active volcano, the tiny and tempestuous Bogoslof, erupted again over the weekend, the latest installation in a geologic
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Contaminants in animals provide clues about the health of the North
FAIRBANKS — An environmental mystery lies in the remote Aleutian chain, the archipelago that stretches to Asia: Why do endangered Steller
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Alaska looks for help fighting ‘blob’ oozing toward Dalton Highway
In a race against time, state transportation officials plan to move a nearly mile-long section of the Dalton Highway so it
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2 Alaska volcanoes erupt just hours apart
An eruption at Bogoslof volcano – one of two to erupt in the Aleutian Islands Tuesday – is its first
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Blog: The last few bipolar months of the U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship are ending
Two years ago in Iqaluit, Canada’s “heart of the Arctic,” the U.S. took over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council,
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U.S. ends Arctic Council chairmanship with reluctance on climate action
FAIRBANKS — When he opened a meeting of his colleagues from all the Arctic nations, U.S. Secretary of State Rex
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Alaska tundra has become a carbon emitter rather than carbon sink, study finds
The tundra of Alaska and other Arctic regions once soaked up atmospheric carbon and locked it in the frozen ground, reducing
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Arctic Ocean on track to be ice-free in summer by 2040, say scientists
The Arctic Ocean is now on track to become ice-free in summers as soon as two decades from now, while
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Arctic river ice formations melting earlier in summer
Two scientists’ fascination with the layered ice mounds that build up along Arctic Alaska rivers led to an important discovery
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With a leaking Alaska well controlled, experts seek answers about what happened
A weekend gas and oil leak from an old production well on the North Slope was stopped Sunday night when
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