Image by Alex Shepherd Transition to Green Energy Economy will Require Mining Reform The hard rock mining industry is the single largest source of toxic waste in the United States…

Declining oil prices due to a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, coupled with the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, will have a significant impact on Alaska’s…

Due to rising oceans and natural tectonic subduction, the Quinault Indian Nation of Washington have repeated flooded during high tide cycles and storm surges. The Quinault have plans to move…

A vulnerability study of more than 30,000 species of marine and terrestrial plants and animals predicts sudden collapses in populations levels for almost all species in the study as the…

New research on the behavior of Arctic cod in Resolute Bay, Canada revealed unexpected feeding disruptions due to shipping noise. Tagged fish stopped feeding and moved away when ships were…

Shellfish, a winter-time subsistence resource for coastal communities, may no longer be reliably safe to eat. Shellfish feed by ingesting algae from the water column. Increasingly, algae that produce toxins…

Scientists from multiple agencies, working collaboratively to supply data to the Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research Program, are detecting rapid changes in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. These changes are driven…

Healing the Ozone Layer and Slowing Arctic Warming A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change may help to explain why the Arctic has warmed more than twice…

2014 – 2016 Alaska Seabird die-off linked to warming Ocean   Beginning in late 2013, beaches along the Pacific coast from northern California to the tip of the Aleutian Chain…