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Climate change sharpens fight over Alaska mining road
Climate change sharpens fight over Alaska mining road

AP reports that renewed federal support for Alaska’s long-debated Ambler Access Road is reopening…

What a weakening AMOC means for northern communities

Public anxiety over the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) spiked again this year as…

Arctic warming accelerates as 2025 tracking toward record heat

New findings from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service show that 2025 is on…

US Congress repeals Biden-era limits on oil and gas in Alaska refuge

Congressional lawmakers on Thursday voted to repeal a Biden-era policy that limited the amount…

Thawing permafrost is causing trouble for Alaska’s Red Dog mine. Solutions could be costly

Rusting rivers and huge rainfall have complicated pollution control at Northwest Alaska’s massive zinc…

2026 climate agenda: Reform the UN COPs but look beyond for rapid action

The United Nations COP 30 in Belém, Brazil, was not the decisive gathering that…

Norway freezes plans for Arctic seabed mining after budget deal

Norway has halted its plans to open large Arctic areas for deep-seabed mining after…

Buzz kill: Warming temperatures threaten Arctic bumblebees

As the Arctic warms, key pollinators are feeling the heat. A new study published…