Arctic

Arctic methane explosions — and the scientists who love to study them — are the focus of the newest episode of the public television program Nova.

Beavers are moving to the Arctic as the Alaska tundra heats up and the beaver population rebounds after centuries of trapping. A study published in December shows the small, industrious mammal is accelerating climate change in the north.

The Coast Guard’s first heavy icebreaker in nearly 50 years is due in 2025. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says the country can’t wait that long.

The World Meteorological Organization called the temperature reading “more befitting the Mediterranean than the Arctic.”

While the deal Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act helped create monetary wealth for shareholders, it also came at a huge cost.

In the last several years, Seth Kantner has gathered images and stories from the caribou herds that live near his home on the south side of the Brooks Range.

Based on current forecast models, the entire Norton Sound could be covered in ice by the end of November.

NOAA Fisheries says the whale appears to have swum thousands of miles south from Arctic waters.

In the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas, there is a growing presence of Alexandrium cysts, an algal bloom that creates harmful saxitoxin.

If the repeal goes through, the leases would be canceled immediately with payments returned to the companies that won the leases.