Blog: 2023, yet another “last chance” for the climate?
Why 2023 will be another key year for the future of our climate. I am looking out onto a sparkling
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Warmer, wetter conditions continue to transform Arctic, impact its inhabitants: Arctic Report Card
Higher air temperatures and lower sea ice cover continue to transform the Arctic, says the Arctic Report Card 2022 released
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Alaska sees third La Niña winter forecast in a row
What is winter anyway? For a lot of Alaskans, it’s a season that’s not entirely defined by a specific period
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2021 was 6th warmest year on record, NASA and NOAA find. Canada definitely felt the heat
Temperature across the planet was roughly 0.84 C above the 20th-century average The numbers are in: Earth is still running
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Focus on impacts on people will help world better understand Arctic climate crisis, say scientists
A bigger focus on how climate change is impacting northern peoples will help the rest of the world better understand
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Arctic Report Card 2021: Sea ice changes, rain on Greenland ice sheet among dramatic changes in North
From rain on Greenland’s ice sheet to the browning of the eastern Siberian tundra, climate change is continuing to transform
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November ranks 2nd hottest on record for the Arctic and globe
November 2020 ranked second hottest on record, overtaking November 2019 for the No. 2 spot, according to scientists at the
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Global ocean temperatures hit new record highs in 2019 causing devastating effects in the Arctic
World ocean temperatures in 2019 were the highest ever recorded in human history, reflecting the speed at which our planet
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Bering Sea region focus of recent papers on climate risk to northern communities
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a U.S. scientific agency, released it’s annual Arctic report card this month, warning that
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2018 was the 4th-warmest year on record, NOAA and NASA reveal
It was another record warm year for Earth. On Wednesday, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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CO2 may rob Arctic salmon of their sense of smell, new study says
A new study out of the University of Washington and NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Centre shows rising carbon dioxide
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Investigation into washed up whale’s death begins in Alaska
The extraordinary sight of a 30-foot long dead humpback whale that washed up on a beach area in Anchorage has
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NOAA to remove Endangered Species Act protections for most humpback whales
Humpback whales, a species that migrates to Alaska and is famous for singing below the water’s surface and leaping above it,
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Whaling ship wreckage found off Arctic Alaska
When pack ice shifted to trap 33 commercial whaling ships off Alaska’s Arctic coast in the fall of 1871, more than
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Ocean acidification strong off Alaska
The Arctic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean, along with Antarctic waters, are acidifying faster than the rest of the world’s
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