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No tsunami threat to B.C. after powerful M8.2 earthquake shakes Alaska

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 16:04
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Quake that struck on Wednesday night was the most powerful recorded in U.S. or Canada since 1965: USGS data A

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Bering Sea ice at lowest extent in at least 5,500 years, study says

Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 14:09
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There is less sea ice in the Bering Sea now than at any time in at least 5,500 years. That’s

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey scientist resigns over Petroleum Reserve report

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 11:42
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A report on Alaska’s oil potential is at the heart of a controversy at the Department of Interior. The magazine

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Will climate force small mammals North?

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, October 23, 2015 at 13:29 — Last Updated: Monday, October 26, 2015 at 14:06
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Populations of furry mammals ranging from tiny shrews, mice and voles to stocky wolverines and marmots will likely move north

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Village of Shaktoolik, Alaska, shown in May 28, 2006. Climate change is causing erosion and other environmental challenges for Alaska communities like this one. (/Al Grillo / AP Photo / File)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

USGS releases 5-year Arctic strategy

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 19:01 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:32
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Better Alaska mapping, more understanding of mineral resources, more study of the effects of thawing permafrost and more help to

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Environment Environment (USA) Special Features USA 

Wildfires could threaten Arctic caribou herd’s winter habitat: study

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 09:19
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Caribou in northern Alaska and Canada’s Yukon Territory will lose winter habitat if the region’s long-term pattern of increased wildfires

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Yellow-billed Loon. (iStock)
Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Rising mercury levels leave their mark on yellow-billed loons, study says

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 12:00
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Yellow-billed loons that migrate to nesting sites on Alaska’s Arctic coastal plain are bearing an undesirable burden that comes from

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A new study says Pacific loons and yellow-billed loons tend to avoid each other when looking for nesting areas among the North Slope's many lakes. (iStock)
Environment Environment (USA) USA 

The importance of Alaska’s Arctic lakes

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2014 at 10:26
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The tens of thousands of lakes that dot the tundra of Alaska’s North Slope are so similar that almost all

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