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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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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Will Arctic sea ice shrink to new record low this summer?
Now that Arctic sea ice has begun its annual melt after reaching a record-low winter maximum extent earlier this month,
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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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World enters ‘uncharted territory’ with record-breaking climate change: UN report
The world enters into ‘truly uncharted territory’ in 2017 with the planet continuing to experience record-breaking global temperature, shrinking sea
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Climate-driven Arctic permafrost thaw will dramatically alter northern landscapes: study
Rapid climate-driven permafrost thaw in huge swaths of the Arctic will dramatically change northern landscapes in the same way landscapes
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What ‘young’ Arctic rocks tell us about origins of the Earth and Moon
Volcanic rocks from the Canadian Arctic are changing what scientists think about the origins of the Earth and the Moon,
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Killer whales in once-icy Arctic waters are scaring away narwhals
When orcas invade their Arctic territory, narwhals flee, possibly even before the predatory newcomers make any attacks, according to new research.
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Ice-Blog: Climate change is causing rapid, deeper and more extensive acidification in the Arctic Ocean
A new study reported in Nature Climate Change this week says ocean acidification is spreading rapidly in the western Arctic
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Scientists ‘cook’ oil from Alaska coal, suggesting exploration opportunities
A laboratory experiment that produced crude oil from bits of Alaska coal has geologists hoping coal-rich areas contain undiscovered pools of
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Norway unveils most advanced research vessel to sail the Arctic Ocean
R/V «Kronprins Haakon» rolled out of the construction hall and launched. Northbound voyage set for October. A milestone was set
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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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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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German scientists sound alarm on Arctic trash
The amount of trash littering the bottom of the Arctic Ocean continues to dramatically increase despite the region’s relative remoteness
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