The announcement calls for a new study that will be a supplement to the 2019 environmental impact statement conducted by the Trump administration.
Arctic
Thunderstorms move across Chukchi and Beaufort seas
Climate specialist Rick Thoman says the likelihood of these storms becoming more common is high and will continue to rise as our climate changes.
LISTEN: Alaska bumblebees are master twerkers, thriving in an unfriendly climate
As bumblebees have declined in parts of the Lower 48, they’re apparently thriving in Alaska, even in the high Arctic.
Dinosaurs likely lived in Arctic year-round, according to recent Alaska discovery
If dinosaurs were migrating, they would have had very little time to move to lower latitudes with newborns, which suggests that the animals did not, in fact migrate.
Coast Guard responds to tar-like substance spill on Utqiagvik beach
Officials are still examining the substance in a lab to determine what it is, but DEC suspects it’s black tar or asphalt.
Thousands of lightning strikes spark more than a dozen wildfires in Northwest Alaska
There are several communities in close proximity to new fires.
Pentagon ponders where to build new Ted Stevens Arctic Center. Alaska? Maybe.
A Defense Department spokesman said three cities are under consideration for housing the Ted Stevens Center: Anchorage, Colorado Springs and Washington, D.C.
What causes the northern lights? Scientists finally know for sure
Physicists have long speculated about what gives rise to this very specific light phenomenon that occurs in the Earth’s polar regions.
Federal appeals court rules Trump administration was wrong to reverse protections for Pacific walrus
The ruling comes more than a decade after the Center for Biological Diversity, a conservation group, first petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the walrus as endangered or threatened.
US, Russian researchers track polar bears and ice seals across the Arctic
A collaboration between scientists from both countries is providing a clearer picture of the species, which remain subsistence staples to Arctic communities.