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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests, and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as ...
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Caribou herds in Arctic Alaska trend in opposite directions
The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of ...
Trump targets Alaska’s oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight
Alaska's political leaders are cheering an expansive executive order signed by President Donald Trump that aims to boost oil ...
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Looking Ahead to the Arctic Century: Greenland as Kingmaker
Let us be clear: we are soon entering the Arctic Century, and its most defining feature will be Greenland’s meteoric rise, ...
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The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
F or bears of both the market and polar kind, a planet without an ice cap is a tragedy. The Arctic is warming four times ...
DNR, Native American tribes move ahead with Arctic grayling plan. Where the fish will swim
The DNR plans to provide 400,000 Arctic grayling eggs to Native American tribes to stock in rivers this spring as ...
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Arctic ambition: The legacy of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Alaska’s Arctic Ocean shores had been known to hold oil in some capacity since the 1800s. Native Alaskans would cut blocks of tundra to use as fuel for heat, as the frozen grass was soaked with ...
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Gates Of The Arctic Is The Least Visited US National Park – Why?
It’s not just Gates of the Arctic either; Alaska has some of the least visited national parks of all, with Wrangell-St. Elias ...
Oil Industry Unlikely to Rush to Alaska Despite Trump's Call to Drill
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas companies are unlikely to expand development in Alaska and the Arctic ...
Arctic hotspots study reveals areas of climate stress in Northern Alaska and Siberia
Ecological warning lights have blinked on across the Arctic over the last 40 years, according to new research, and many of ...
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America’s 'Last Great Wilderness' Faces ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
The Alaska Travel Industry Association advocates for thoughtful discussions on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. President Trump's executive order aims to open ANWR for ...