Tag: Alaska
Before Trump eyed Greenland: Here’s what happened last time the US...
William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, University of Alaska Anchorage
Editor’s note: Reports that President Donald Trump has urged aides to look into buying Greenland make us...
In divided Alaska, the choice is between paying for government or...
Paola Banchero, University of Alaska Anchorage
Alaskans will soon confront the dramatic effects of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes of US$444 million from the state...
A defeat on offshore drilling extends the Trump administration’s losing streak...
Alejandro E. Camacho, University of California, Irvine and Robert Glicksman, George Washington University
The Trump administration’s push to boost fossil fuel extraction has received a...
In Alaska, everyone’s grappling with climate change
Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Coastal villages are washing into the Bering Sea, trees are sprouting in the tundra and shipping lanes are opening...
How the loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of...
Rosalyn R. LaPier, The University of Montana
Alaska has a “linguistic emergency,” according to the Alaskan Gov. Bill Walker. A report warned earlier this year...
Melting Arctic sends a message: Climate change is here in a...
Mark Serreze, University of Colorado
Scientists have known for a long time that as climate change started to heat up the Earth, its effects would...
Why Americans will never agree on oil drilling in the Arctic...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
After decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seems on the verge of being opened to the...
The extraordinary return of sea otters to Glacier Bay
Perry Williams, Colorado State University and Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University
Human beings have a long history of persecuting apex predators such as...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
