In the next 100 years, Alaska will experience a massive loss of its historic tundra, as global warming allows these vast regions of cold, dry, lands to support forests and other vegetation that will ...
AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last ...
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As climate change melts permafrost, landslides are becoming more dangerous
In northern latitudes and high altitudes, permafrost stays frozen year-round, holding mountain summits together. As global ...
With its melting glaciers, thawing permafrost and floating sea ice that gets tougher to see from its northern shores each summer, Alaska is the poster state for global warming. Things are changing ...
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6 Arctic feedback loops researchers say could accelerate warming faster than expected
The Arctic is not just warming - it is unraveling. " What makes this so alarming is that these feedback loops don't operate ...
“Barrow is ground zero for climate-change science,” Itta said. “We worry that climate change is shrinking the sea ice and we don’t know how that will affect the animals that depend on it. At this time ...
AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last ...
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