The state’s North Slope communities need rocks, and they’re hard to come by.
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Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange, threatening drinking water
One researcher described streams that have become “so acidic that they curdle your powdered milk.”
Carving a future for the Tongass National Forest
In the Tongass, youth help manage a forest and protect an ancient art.
In Arizona and Utah, the boarding school round-ups live with survivors to this day
Life as a boarding school student in the Southwest meant constantly being shuttled around on buses or flatbed trailers, never being told where you were going or who would be waiting for you.
More shrubs means way more moose in western Alaska
Climate change is causing ecosystem shifts, and the cascading effects impact animals and hunters.
Interior is pushing states to replace derogatory place names with colonial ones
In Washington, 18 place names with the ‘sq–’ slur are being changed to names like ‘Columbia.’ State officials say that’s not good enough.
The first answer for food insecurity: data sovereignty
A new report shows tribal communities have adapted to meet the needs of their people in ways that state and federal governments can’t.
How heat waves warp ecosystems
After the Northwest ‘heat dome’ this summer, scientists look for signs of ecological ruin — or resilience.
Wildfire smoke pushes migrating birds hundreds of miles out of their way
“I was glued to my computer for days, trying to figure out what these birds were doing, because it was so clearly, obviously, not normal.”