NOAA’s Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory got a big upgrade enabling more science at a time when climate-change conditions are getting worse.
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Body of beaked whale floats up off Unalaska
The whale spotted last month was may have been a Baird’s beaked whale, but it hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Cleanup on remote Southeast Alaska island aids research into marine trash and microplastics
Nearly six tons of marine debris collected from a remote island were offloaded in Ketchikan last week.
Fishing-gear entanglements of whales increased in Alaska, NOAA report says
The vast majority of confirmed whale entanglements involved humpback whales.
As tourists arrive for whale watching in Southeast Alaska, officials remind visitors to keep their distance
Tourist season is beginning in Southeast Alaska, which likely means around a half million people will be hoping to see whales.
The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government
With time running out to head off the worst damage from climate change, the United States government is starting to quantify the cost of inaction – for taxpayers.
Bycatch task force works to refine mission ahead of November deadline
Early in the task force’s process, frustrations are already simmering about who’s in the loop.
An unexpected item is blocking cities’ climate change prep: obsolete rainfall records
Rainfall reports for some states are 50 years old, which means they don’t reflect how the climate has already changed in recent decades.
Impacts of warming temperatures dominate discussion of Arctic Report Card
Scientists also discussed the impacts of climate change on Native life in the Arctic.
Bering Sea survey finds Yukon River chinook populations are low and staying closer to shore
Like chinook salmon, NOAA researchers observed chum salmon almost exclusively near Alaska’s shores.