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Surveys show full scale of massive die-off of common murres following the ‘warm blob’ in the Pacific Ocean
Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as “the blob ...
Alaska is a climate victim and a perpetrator. The next four years will only make matters worse
Another 'drill, baby, drill' Trump administration promises to turn up the heat in fast-warming, methane-emitting Alaska.
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Scientists find in Arctic bacterium genetically close to European wild boar microbiota
Russian scientists discovered in the Arctic for the first time bacterium Escherichia marmotae, genetically close to microbiota strains of European wild boars, Artemy Goncharov of the Institute of ...
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Bacteriophage found in Arctic may be used in therapy
The bacteriophage has been isolated from soil at a bird colony north of Cape Flora on the West Northbrook Island, the Franz Josef Land Archipelago ...
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All Risk With No Reward: Outgoing Biden Admin Approves Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska’s Pristine Arctic Wildlife Refuge
The approval of plans for an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by the outgoing Biden administration on Monday will keep ...
First ice-free day in the Arctic could come by 2030, says new study: Why does it matter?
Arctic sea ice has been shrinking for decades. In the last 40 years, the sea ice extent has been decreasing by 12.6% each ...