SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) departed Seattle, Tuesday, for a months-long Arctic deployment. The crew aboard Healy, a 420-foot icebreaker, will provide U.S. surface presence in the Arctic, conduct high latitude science and research missions, engage in exercises and professional exchanges with foreign partners, and conduct other operations as directed throughout […]
“As scientists, we’ve been warning about the loss of Arctic summer sea ice for decades,” said one researcher. Scientists on Tuesday warned that the planet is rapidly headed toward the consequences of the climate crisis that they have been warning about for decades as researchers published a new study showing that a complete loss of Arctic sea […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Army has identified the 11th Airborne Division soldier who was killed in a two-vehicle accident on JBER Sunday, May 28. Pfc. Arath Esau Martinez-Arguelles, 20, of Sherman Oaks, California, a passenger, died from injuries he sustained when he was ejected from the vehicle during the collision. First responders transported […]
Arctic ground squirrels are unique among mammals. Their ability to keep from freezing even when body temperatures dip below that mark on the thermometer enables them to survive extreme winter climates. New research published in Science analyzes more than 25 years of climate and biological data. The findings include shorter hibernation periods and differences between male and […]