With Western Alaska salmon runs weak, managers set limits on the pollock fleet’s chum bycatch
A measure years in the making will establish a cap for Alaska-bound chum salmon…
Environment
Raising oil, corporate taxes is least-painful option for reducing Alaska deficits, ISER concludes
The Institute of Social and Economic Research at UAA analyzed the side effects of…
Rising Arctic temperatures threaten Svalbard research programs
When geomicrobiologist James Bradley and his team arrived at Svalbard in February 2025, he…
Trump’s unprecedented Alaska deep-sea mining plan sparks environmental backlash
The Hill reports that the Trump administration is exploring the possibility of large-scale deep…
A buried weak spot under Greenland’s ice sheet
What’s happening beneath Greenland’s ice may matter as much as what’s melting on the…
Our salmon are vanishing — and the State of Alaska is letting it happen
I live along the Yukon River, where my family has harvested salmon for countless…
Expanded drilling in Arctic waters and Cook Inlet is wrong for Alaska
Alaskans today are grappling with an unclear future that is balanced between the impacts…
Why Greenland is indispensable to global climate science
A 30-minute stroll across New York’s Central Park separates Trump Tower from the American…
What happens if you warm the Arctic… just a little?
Across Canada, Alaska, and Europe, scientists are running the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX), one of…
