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'Like being at a loud rock concert': study looks at how ship noise affects Arctic marine mammals
CBC via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA research study is painting a fuller picture of how ship noise affects Arctic marine mammals in the...
Alaska's once crystal-clear rivers now resemble dirty orange soda, puzzling researchers
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA stream tributary of the Akillik River in Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, turned orange.Jon...
Willow oil development could pave way for more drilling in Alaska reserve, despite Biden's new...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 19—The Biden administration announced a host of new environmental protections last week to limit future drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, just before it approved development ...
Arctic rivers face big changes with warming climate, permafrost thaw and accelerating water cycle
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs the Arctic warms, its mighty rivers are changing in ways that could have vast consequences – not...
How's the weather up there? It'll be harder for Alaska to tell as a longtime program goes off air
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoBefore Morris Nashoanak heads out for days in search of bearded seals, beluga whales or salmon, he...
How did a walrus get four miles from shore, to the middle of an Alaska oil field?
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 5—This piece was originally published in Northern Journal, a newsletter published by Nathaniel Herz. As a rule, I almost never bite on PR pitches; they tend to be almost offensively irrelevant ...
Beaver expansion into Alaska’s Arctic tundra presents problems for people – and opportunities
Arkansas Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen Cyrus Harris first saw a beaver during a camping trip in the tundra territory in the far...
Shell abandons North Slope oil leases, raising questions about the industry’s future in Alaska
Alaska Beacon· 1 week agoImagine, for a moment, that you’re the head of a publicly traded oil company. In your corner office,...
Biden administration approves development of Alaska's Willow oil project
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 13—The Biden administration on Monday approved a massive oil development project on Alaska's North Slope, and said it is adding new environmental protections to limit future oil development ...