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Dec 01 2019

A new report sheds more light on how climate change is impacting Alaska Native villages

By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, Interior, North Slope, Northwest, Science & Tech, Southwest, University of Alaska, Western

A recent report compiled by the Army Corps of Engineers and researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks documents erosion and other environmental threats facing communities in rural Alaska.

By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska's Energy Desk | December 1, 2019 6:00 am

Nov 27 2019

This map shows a storm inbound for the Northwest Arctic, with the color field representing wind speed. (Graphic courtesy of Rick Thoman)

Heavy storms set to hit Northwest Arctic will likely disrupt fragile sea ice

By Wesley Early, KOTZ - Kotzebue | Environment, Northwest, Oceans, Weather

While the storms are nothing new for this time of year, they are likely to disrupt sea ice in the region, which is forming at a much slower rate due to an abnormally warm year.

By Wesley Early, KOTZ - Kotzebue | November 27, 2019 11:21 am

Nov 21 2019

A walrus on the ice in the Arctic Ocean. (Photo by Mike Dunn/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the NC State Museum of Natural Sciences)

Study finds marine mammal viruses are traveling between oceans as sea ice recedes

By Wesley Early, KOTZ - Kotzebue | Climate Change, Environment, Northwest, Science & Tech

While this particular virus isn’t doing widespread damage, its emergence opens the door for other viruses to pop up between oceans.

By Wesley Early, KOTZ - Kotzebue | November 21, 2019 1:54 pm

Sep 25 2019

A Nome Police Department vehicle. NPD has been named, along with the City of Nome, in the ACLU’s recently announced claims on behalf of Clarice “Bun” Hardy. (Photo courtesy Matthew F. Smith/KNOM)

ACLU prepared to sue Nome over its handling of a reported rape

By Emily Hofstaedter, KNOM - Nome | Northwest, Public Safety

The ACLU says the victim is willing to settle her claims against the city for half a million dollars in order to avoid ongoing litigation.

By Emily Hofstaedter, KNOM - Nome | September 25, 2019 8:30 am

Sep 12 2019

Rural Alaska clinics depend on broadband internet. What happens when it goes out?

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Arctic, Community, Health, Interior, North Slope, Northwest, Science & Tech, Southeast, Southwest, Western

Gail Alstrom of the St. Mary’s Sub-Regional Clinic says rural Alaska health care clinics like hers rely on broadband internet service. An outage sends them back in time.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | September 12, 2019 5:32 pm

Sep 10 2019

Below-average sea ice levels are expanding Arctic shipping options

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | Arctic, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Nation & World, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Tourism, Transportation, Weather, Western

As of Aug. 31, Arctic sea ice coverage dropped to the third-lowest extent on satellite record for that day, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | September 10, 2019 3:28 pm

Aug 09 2019

Russian nuclear power plant afloat in Arctic causes anxiety across Bering Strait

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Arctic, Energy & Mining, Environment, Nation & World, North Slope, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Western

A Russian barge mounted with nuclear reactors is expected to traverse the Arctic this month. Across the Bering Strait, Alaskans are worried — though one Arctic security expert also sees room for optimism.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | August 9, 2019 12:02 pm

Jul 19 2019

Volunteers carve blubber off a dead gray whale on Surfers Beach in July.

Kodiak whale necropsy adds to the growing body of data about 2019 gray whale deaths

By Kavitha George, KMXT - Kodiak | Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Western, Wildlife

According to NOAA, over 180 gray whales have washed up dead along the West Coast so far this year. But each new specimen adds a little more clarity for scientists.

By Kavitha George, KMXT - Kodiak | July 19, 2019 5:03 pm

Jul 09 2019

Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Alaska

By Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News | Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Weather, Wildlife

Residents from two Northwest Alaska villages say they found large numbers of dead mussels and krill washed up along shores in June, contributing to fears that record warm waters may be causing a wide range of ecosystem changes.

By Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News | July 9, 2019 4:57 pm

Jun 13 2019

‘Pretty unbelievable,’ says Kotlik hunter who helped document recent spike in seal deaths

By Ravenna Koenig, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Community, Northwest, Oceans, Southwest, Subsistence, Wildlife

Harold Okitkun counted 18 dead seals north of Kotlik — a number he says he’s never seen or heard of other people in the village seeing.

By Ravenna Koenig, Alaska's Energy Desk | June 13, 2019 5:45 pm

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A new report sheds more light on how climate change is impacting Alaska Native villages

Heavy storms set to hit Northwest Arctic will likely disrupt fragile sea ice

Study finds marine mammal viruses are traveling between oceans as sea ice recedes

ACLU prepared to sue Nome over its handling of a reported rape

Rural Alaska clinics depend on broadband internet. What happens when it goes out?

Below-average sea ice levels are expanding Arctic shipping options

Russian nuclear power plant afloat in Arctic causes anxiety across Bering Strait

Kodiak whale necropsy adds to the growing body of data about 2019 gray whale deaths

Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Alaska

‘Pretty unbelievable,’ says Kotlik hunter who helped document recent spike in seal deaths

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