Since 2007, walruses have been hauling out on land between their hunts. Before they’d populate sea ice patches, but that hasn’t been reliable in recent years.
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Podcaster, journalist collaborate on Indigenous-centered climate change project
The project reframes discussions about climate change and places Indigenous voices from America’s northernmost city at the forefront.
‘Wipe the slate clean’: Environmentalists sue Trump administration Ambler Road approval
In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for Alaska Tuesday, plaintiffs wrote that federal agencies failed to comply with several acts when pushing the project forward.
U.S. House advances bill that would hobble development in ANWR and Tongass
The Republican-led Senate is sure to block the provisions, so the measures serve primarily as a statement of Democratic values and to draw attention to what environmentalists view as endangered land in Alaska.
Luxury adventure cruises to the Arctic aren’t going to happen this year either
2020 would have been a big year for cruising in Nome with fourteen ships originally scheduled to make port.
First positive case of COVID-19 reported in North Slope Borough
A resident from the North Slope Borough has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first positive case in the region.
Environmental watchdogs are raising alarms over Pebble and other projects. But is anyone listening?
Environmentalists say the Trump administration is taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to advance Pebble as well as other Alaska projects while the public and the press are distracted.
Pilot dead, passenger survives after North Slope charter plane crash
The pilot of a charter plane is dead after crashing near Teshekpuk Lake southeast of Utqiagvik Thursday night.
Alaska’s quarantine order has helped thwart COVID-19 but devastated tourism. Will Dunleavy keep it?
Public health experts have credited measures like the quarantine order with holding Alaska’s COVID-19 case count below every other state in the country, and at least one warns that revoking it could cause a flare-up.
UAF researchers use space-based radar to measure methane emissions in Arctic lakes
New research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks utilizing radar instruments positioned on satellites has led to a breakthrough in lake methane emission research.