With Arctic freeze-up coming later, some belugas delay fall migration
The annual freeze-up in Arctic waters off Alaska is coming later, and some beluga whales seem to have taken notice.
Read more
Environment (USA)
Northwest Arctic officials move ahead on new school for climate-threatened village
The Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly held an unprecedented meeting 2,000 miles away in Seattle last month, where it narrowly shot
Read more
Blog: Tillerson’s hearing: Would U.S.-Russia partnership worsen Arctic climate?
At Senate confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, expected topics like Russia, nuclear
Read more
Southwest Alaska islands designated historic landmark by Obama administration
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Wednesday announced designation of a historic landmark in Southwest Alaska’s Walrus Islands. The “Walrus
Read more
Slowing Arctic warming called the only hope for polar bears in the long term
Just days before the inauguration of a new president who has dismissed climate change as a hoax, the Obama administration
Read more
Obama blocks Chukchi, most Beaufort oil and gas development
President Obama has issued an order blocking future oil and gas development in the entire Chukchi Sea and nearly all
Read more
Change in the Arctic this year was unlike any ever seen, scientists say
The meltdown at the top of the world proceeded at an unprecedented clip over the past year, a sweeping scientific
Read more
As the Arctic warms, the oil industry adapts to sustain ice-road season in Alaska
Alaska’s North Slope oil industry is battling back as Earth has warmed, adopting new techniques to allow operators to start building ice
Read more
Arctic soils are set to release a lot of carbon – probably more than local plants can absorb
As temperatures have risen in the Arctic and worldwide, so have worries about how much carbon might stream into the atmosphere
Read more
Ice-Blog: Can environmentalists trump Trump’s climate plans?
When it comes to the latest data on the state of the Arctic sea ice, the Greenland ice sheet or
Read more
Investors bet on farmed kelp being Alaska’s next seafood export
In the remote waters of Larsen Bay, off the coast of Kodiak Island, an experiment is underway. Two types of
Read more
Alaska: Barrow’s record-warm October continues pattern associated with low sea ice
The nation’s northernmost community just closed out its warmest October on record, and other far-north parts of Alaska also posted
Read more
Appeals court supports climate-based listing of seal as threatened in Alaska
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reinstated a decision protecting bearded seals in Alaska under the Endangered Species
Read more
New permafrost map shows areas in Alaska vulnerable to thaw-induced collapses
A new map of northern hemisphere permafrost identifies the areas that are most vulnerable to thawing and slumping. The map shows
Read more
Walrus congregation in Northwest Alaska apparently short-lived this year
A congregation of walruses spotted on a Northwest Alaska beach Friday numbered about 6,000, but the animals had departed within days and
Read more