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Arctic
In northernmost Alaska, a battle is on to limit the damages of permafrost thaw
Warming soils beneath Utqiagvik are triggering erosion that threatens homes, infrastructure and cultural resources.
Climate change seen as suspected factor in Western Arctic Caribou Herd decline
The herd’s population drop fits a pattern across the Arctic, and there are signs that warmer temperatures are driving some changes.
A wilderness guide stumbled upon Alaska’s northernmost glacier — one not marked on any map
The glacier is 30 miles from the coast and 10 miles northwest of the Brooks Range.
This year’s Arctic Report Card highlights Indigenous perspectives, but is it enough?
NOAA’s latest report card has something new: a chapter on the consequences of climate change for people who live in the Arctic.
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.”
Arctic Report Card 2022: Rapid climate change brings extreme events to the North
The report card authors say the last seven years are collectively the warmest seven years since the start of the last century.
Utqiagvik reaches record-high 40 degrees in December
It’s the highest temperature recorded in Utqiagvik between Oct. 30 and April 22 in more than a century of monitoring.
The bottom of the Bering and Chukchi seas could become too warm for some important species
Snails and mussels are particularly important to commercially harvested fish like halibut and yellowfin sole, along with being prey for the Pacific walruses.
Dead bowheads in Beaufort and Chukchi point to increased killer whale presence in Arctic
Numerous studies and Indigenous whalers’ reports are documenting more killer whales spending more time and making more predation attempts in far-north waters.