Forests offer opportunities for compensating carbon emissions in tourism
Low-carbon and environmentally friendly practices are important goals in the tourism industry. According to research, it is possible to create forest-based carbon offset solutions...
Antarctic tipping points: the irreversible changes to come if we fail...
The slow-down of the Southern Ocean circulation, a dramatic drop in the extent of sea ice and unprecedented heatwaves are all raising concerns that Antarctica may be approaching tipping points.
The...
Alaska salmon task force charged with developing science plan
Federal and state leaders have appointed 19 experts to a special task force responsible for creating a science plan to better understand Alaska’s salmon,...
Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2030s, say scientists
The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by the 2030s, even if we do a good job of reducing emissions between now and...
Alaska has more than half of America’s wetlands. A new ruling...
A new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court likely exempts large areas of wetlands in Alaska from federal regulation under the Clean Water Act, a decision...
Tiny but tenacious: arctic-alpine plants are engineers and warning bells
When most people consider the arctic, or high-altitude mountain landscapes, they think of endless snow, ice and bare rock. But pastel-coloured flowers, sometimes just...
Disaster aid has arrived, but Western Alaska’s salmon and crab problems...
As $216 million in federal aid is flowing to help Alaskans cope with salmon and crab collapses over the past three years, conditions that...
New mapping efforts seek to expand knowledge of Alaska’s waters
Recent efforts are pushing the boundaries of ocean mapping in Alaska’s waters with the help of automated vessels and collaborative mapping efforts. Experts say...
Early melting of the Arctic Ocean in spring may contribute to...
By University of Oulu
The expedition is studying warm and moist atmospheric water vapor rivers, and their sources and impacts on Arctic snow and ice...
Microplastics: we’ve found startling quantities in the ice algae that are...
Last summer, we travelled to the remote Arctic Hausgarten observatory area in the eastern Fram Strait (west of Svalbard, Norway) on a research ship. The...
