The state’s North Slope communities need rocks, and they’re hard to come by.
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Avian influenza death of Alaska polar bear is a global first and a sign of the virus’ persistence
The highly pathogenic influenza that has already killed vast numbers of birds and numerous mammals continues to circulate in the world’s wild populations.
U.S. preparing to claim new ocean territory off Arctic Alaska and in central Bering Sea
The claims to extended continental shelf territory, to be asserted by the U.S. State Department, include an area within the Arctic Ocean that is bigger than California.
Appeals court allows ConocoPhillips to keep building its Willow project on Alaska’s North Slope
Construction is underway at the massive oil project even as the legal fight continues.
America is larger now, by declaration of State Department
More than half of the claim is in the Arctic.
New study hints at huge price tag from permafrost thaw in Alaska
In severe warming scenarios, the study found that more than 75% of Earth’s near-surface permafrost will be gone by the end of the century.
Humpback whales increasingly sighted in Arctic Alaska waters better known as bowhead territory
A study, which points to climate change as a possible factor pushing humpbacks north, shows results that are both ‘fascinating’ and ‘a little terrifying,’ one author says.
Scientists observe chum salmon spawning in North Slope rivers
UAF scientist Peter Westley says the fish may be “working to establish populations in a new region.”
Northern Alaska cable break repaired after 14 weeks of internet outages
GCI announced the repairs in an email to customers Monday, 14 weeks after the cable was cut in an ice scouring event in the Arctic Ocean west of Prudhoe Bay.
Why it’s so important to figure out when a vital Atlantic Ocean current might collapse
Scientists know a current in the Atlantic Ocean could collapse suddenly as the climate changes. The question of when matters to billions of people around the globe.