Underground fungi and bacteria are becoming more active as permafrost thaws in northern regions.
Arctic
Alaska is short on gravel and long on development projects
The state’s North Slope communities need rocks, and they’re hard to come by.
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.