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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Environment (USA)
New step to protect areas of Arctic Alaska as Trump’s oil agenda nears
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to put temporary measures in place to protect subsistence activities in Alaska’s
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Urgent need for better monitoring of sinking ground across the Arctic says study
Warming temperatures are causing the ground to sink across parts of the Arctic, and a new study is urging better
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Inland caribou herds aren’t recovering, report says
By Rachel Cassandra The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from capturing carbon to releasing it, which means it’s now
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A former park ranger’s new book documents decades of climate change in Arctic Alaska
The Arctic is one of the areas most visibly impacted by human-caused climate change, with some areas becoming almost unrecognizable
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Snowless Finns suffer ‘eco-grief’
The weather in Finland this autumn has been exceptional in many ways. While it was windy and rainy in Turku
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Main backer of proposed mineral exploration project near Haines, Alaska, pulls out
By Julien Greene An Alaska Native tribe and conservationists say they’ve notched a win over a mineral exploration project near
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Alaska judge rejects critical habitat designation for bearded, ringed seals
Bearded and ringed seals were listed as threatened in 2012 amid concerns with anticipated sea ice decline A judge in Alaska
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Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist
On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside
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Hunter in Alaska recovering after being mauled by bear and shot amid effort to fend it off
32-year-old man shot in the leg as he and hunting companion opened fire on bear A hunter in Alaska was
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Alaska’s North Slope sees record-breaking heat, among state’s other climate oddities
Alaska’s North Slope has seen all-time record temperatures this week, with Deadhorse hitting 89 degrees (31°C) on Tuesday. National Weather
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Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood
In her yard in Juneau, Alaska, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a waterlogged cookbook with sentimental value Wednesday that she
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U.S. judge suspends Alaska Cook Inlet lease, pending additional environmental review
By Becky Bohrer · The Associated Press Judge rules original environmental review didn’t properly analyze impacts on belugas An environmental review underpinning
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Environmental groups urge feds to reassess and plan removal of trans-Alaska pipeline
A coalition of environmental groups has filed a legal petition with the federal government to reconsider how the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System contributes
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Permafrost thaw impacts are wide, but not climate tipping point: study
An international research team has found that while permafrost is melting in sync with global warming, it is not contributing
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