Emissions from Thawing Permafrost Add Trillions in Economic Impacts
BOULDER, Colo., September 21, 2015–Greenhouse gas emissions from thawing Arctic permafrost could result in an additional $43 trillion in economic…
Poison in the Arctic and the Human Cost of ‘Clean’ Energy
Methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, is especially high in Arctic marine life but until recently, scientists haven’t been able to explain…
GI Will Host the Next EarthScope National Office
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is the new host of the EarthScope National Office, the National Science Foundation…
Walker-Mallott Administration Emphasize Importance of Permanent Fund for Posterity
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker and Lt. Governor Byron Mallott today underscored the importance of a stable fiscal future for…
NOAA gives $128,510 Grant to Alaska’s Island Trails Network
It was announced on Thursday of last week by NOAA, that they had funded the Alaska’s Island Trails Network as…
Nations Assemble for Historic Sequential Airborne Drop
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Service members from the Alaska National Guard and U.S. Army Alaska worked together to perform…
Wood Bison Finding Home in Alaska
These nights, Tom Seaton is dreaming less about red-brown, steaming, humpbacked hulks. He’s also getting more sleep, knowing dozens of…
Adaptation to High-Fat Diet, Cold had Profound Effect on Inuit, Including Shorter Height
The traditional diet of Greenland natives – the Inuit – is held up as an example of how high levels…
Kodiak Heroin/Meth Dealer Receives 10 Years
Eric McDaniel, the subject of what the Kodiak police called the biggest drug bust ever made by that department, was…
General Motors Admits Guilt in Ignition Switch Case, Fined $900M
The biggest American automaker, General Motors, admitted guilt Thursday in hiding information from both the government and motorists about a…