Fossil Study Helps Pinpoint Extinction Risks for Ocean Animals
When it comes to ocean extinctions, range size matters most
Opposite Behaviors? Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks, Antarctic Grows
The steady and dramatic decline in the sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean over the last three decades has become a focus of media and public attention. At the opposite end of the Earth, however, something more complex is happening.
Fairbanks Troopers Called to Armed Man Threatening his Family
A call went in to the Alaska State Troopers dispatch in Fairbanks late last night reporting an armed man threatening to harm his family.
Biologists Record Increasing Amounts of Plastic Litter in the Arctic Deep Sea
The sea bed in the Arctic deep sea is increasingly strewn with litter and plastic waste. As reported in the advance online publication of the scientific journal Marine Pollution Bulletin by Dr. Melanie Bergmann, biologist and deep-sea expert at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association. The quantities of […]