New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 per cent. An international team led by researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of Copenhagen reconstructed an 11,700-year ecological baseline […]
This summer, travel the Dalton Highway to get an up-close look at the world’s largest Arctic research station. Toolik Field Station is celebrating 50 years of research and welcomes all to join them for a Visitor’s Day on Friday, June 6, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meet station staff and scientists as you tour Toolik facilities […]
The Arctic landscape during the Cretaceous Period may have been dominated by the dinosaurs, but the rivers and streams held something more familiar. Alaska’s fresh waters 73 million years ago were teeming with the ancient relatives of today’s salmon, pike and other northern fish. A new paper published this week in the journal Papers in […]
“The sprawling proposal,” warned the Sierra Club, “includes dozens of provisions that would benefit the oil and gas industry and other corporations, at the expense of American families.” Green groups on Friday decried U.S. House Republicans’ proposed text for the upcoming reconciliation bill, which the Natural Resources Defense Council said “contains an unprecedented slate of […]