Narwhals are changing their migration patterns in response to pressure from changing Arctic climates, a new UBC report has found. Narwhals are the perfect Arctic animal for a migration study. These culturally-significant whales are considered to be among the most sensitive Arctic marine mammals to the effects of climate change. They are thought to live […]
Standing in the 29-degree air outside a building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, Josephine Galipon held a pinkie-size vial that may have contained tiny organisms locked in a coma for thousands of years. Galipon, a researcher with Keio University in Japan, needed to work outside a heated room so as not to disturb […]
KOTZEBUE, Alaska – As of Oct. 1, NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) provided $1.5 million in pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) funding to the Northwest Arctic Borough School District (NWABSD), a decision made by the NANA Board of Directors in their Sept. 2 special board meeting. “The NANA board knows our children are our future. One of our […]
A proposal to cover Arctic sea ice with layers of tiny hollow glass spheres about the thickness of one human hair would actually accelerate sea-ice loss and warm the climate rather than creating thick ice and lowering the temperature as proponents claim. Sea ice, by reflecting the majority of the sun’s energy back to space, […]