Alaska’s antiquated Cook Inlet pipelines causing alarm after leaks
Growing concerns over Cook Inlet’s antiquated oil and gas facilities have prompted renewed calls for increased oversight following announcements of multiple leaks this
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Environment (USA)
What tiny particles blowing in Alaska’s North Slope air tell us about oil-field pollution
The brownish cloud known as Arctic haze, produced by industrial activities and coal burning in faraway sites in Asia and
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U.S. Democrats remount effort to block drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers in Congress made their opposition clear to any potential drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Undersea pipeline leak in Alaska: scope and cause of spill still unknown
The flow of oil from an undersea pipeline leaking in Cook Inlet was halted Sunday, one day after the leak
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An Alaska volcano and DNA reveal the timing of bison’s arrival in North America
After humans, the mammals most successful at colonizing North America were the bison that thundered across the Great Plains. Just
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New federal project to count eider population poisoned by shot in Alaska
Threatened spectacled eiders, sea ducks that have died in large numbers after ingesting lead from hunters’ spent ammunition, will be
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Arctic sea ice reaches record-low maximum extent for 3rd winter in a row
Arctic sea ice has begun its annual melt after reaching a record-low winter maximum extent, scientists announced on Wednesday. The
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World maritime body presents Polar Code to Arctic Council meeting in Alaska
High level representatives of the eight circumpolar countries and Arctic Indigenous organizations that make up the Arctic Council received an
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International Polar Bear Day: The science and culture of this iconic animal
February 27 is International Polar Bear Day, a chance to spotlight how climate change is affecting these iconic animals. Eye
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Alaska experiments with new moose counting method
Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game is trying out a new way to count moose within Anchorage city limits. Dave
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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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Alaska is trying to slice some land out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The state’s current dispute over the boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a place believed to have huge oil
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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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U.S. House lifts restrictions on predator hunting in Alaska refuges
On Thursday (Feb. 16), the U.S. House approved a bill to lift Obama administration restrictions on hunting and trapping of
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Group to sue company over gas line leak in Alaska
Homer-based Cook Inletkeeper said in a statement to reporters that the leak from an 8-inch undersea pipeline owned and operated
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