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Indigenous groups are slowly gaining more say in the management of a swiftly changing northern Bering Sea
February 26, 2021 Under the Biden administration, the reinstatement of the North Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area program gives Tribes...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Feb 26, 20211 min read
Bowhead Whales
November 2, 2020 Bowhead whales in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas increasingly bear unique scars thought to be caused by killer whales....
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Laptev Sea Stubbornly Ice-Free
October 29, 2020 Here we are at the end of October, and winter sea ice off the coast of Siberia has yet to begin forming. Considered the...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Oct 29, 20201 min read
Toxic Fluorinated Compounds Make Their Way Up the Arctic Food Chain
October 21, 2020 Man-made fluorinated compounds used to repel oil and water have made their way into the Arctic food web, with...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Oct 21, 20201 min read
“Absolutely Dismal” Chum Counts on the Yukon
October 11, 2020 Returning chum salmon counts in Eagle, Alaska are “absolutely dismal,” according to Stephanie Quinn-Davis, director of...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Oct 11, 20201 min read
Study After Study in the Arctic Point to a New Climate Regime
September 15, 2020 September 15th marks the date when Arctic sea ice reached its minimum for the year before expanding in response to...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Sep 15, 20203 min read
Animals Acting Strangely as Arctic Waters Warm
September 11, 2020 As the climate warms, some native species will undergo population decline, others will adapt to new environmental...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Sep 11, 20202 min read
United in Science 2020 Report Released
September 9, 2020 “We have a choice: business as usual, leading to further calamity; or we can use the recovery from COVID-19 to provide...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Sep 9, 20201 min read
Russian Trash Awash on Bering Strait Beaches
September 3, 2020 An unusually high amount of plastic, often printed with Russian labels, is washing up in Alaska’s Bering Strait. Coming...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Sep 3, 20201 min read
Persistence of Summer Sea Ice Will Determine Which Polar Bear Populations Survive
July 31, 2020 Polar bear survival depends on year-round sea ice which provides the platform from which they hunt, den, and travel. As...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Jul 31, 20201 min read
A Regime Shift is Underway in the Arctic Ocean
July 23, 2020 Warming waters from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans are raising temperatures in the Arctic Ocean and delivering outside...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Jul 23, 20201 min read
Most polar bear populations will collapse by century’s end without emissions cuts, study says
July 20, 2020 A recent study became the first to predict the rate of survival for all of the world’s 19 polar bear populations in the...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Siberia’s heat wave would’ve been almost impossible without climate change, scientists say
July 17, 2020 A new study shows that human-induced climate change is driving record-breaking heatwaves in Siberia, leading to...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Jul 17, 20201 min read
Declining Sea Ice Extent in the Bering Sea Causes Ecological Domino Effect
June 27, 2020 The following is a synopsis of a LEO Network webinar entitled Rapid Change: The Story of 2019 in Northwest Alaskan Seas and...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Jun 27, 20203 min read
Melting Permafrost Linked to Russian Oil Spill
June 9, 2020 In late May of this year, a huge oil tank collapsed in Norilsk, an industrial city in north-central Siberia. An estimated...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
Jun 9, 20201 min read
Shunning virus and Big Oil, Alaska tribe revives traditions
June 2, 2020 By DAYSHA EATON, Religion News Service 6/2/2020 ARCTIC VILLAGE, Alaska (RNS) — Arriving home on one of the last regular...
Daysha Eaton
Jun 2, 20201 min read
Bracing for Zombie Fires
May 18, 2020 Wild fires sometimes overwinter in peatlands and forests under a blanket of snow, only to reemerge in the following summer....
Norton Bay Watershed Council
May 18, 20201 min read
A Price War and Sweeping Divestment Policies Among Most Major Banks Means a Slowdown for Big Oil in the Arctic
May 18, 2020 Declining oil prices due to a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, coupled with the economic downturn caused by the...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
May 18, 20203 min read
Sudden Ecological Collapse Predicted
May 6, 2020 Unplash - Annie H. A vulnerability study of more than 30,000 species of marine and terrestrial plants and animals predicts...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
May 6, 20201 min read
Quinault Tribe Strive to Outpace Their Climate Future
May 6, 2020 Due to rising oceans and natural tectonic subduction, the Quinault Indian Nation of Washington have repeated flooded during...
Norton Bay Watershed Council
May 6, 20201 min read
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