Tag: Alaska
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...
Fracking comes to the Arctic in a new Alaska oil boom
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
Arctic lands and waters hold irresistible allure for global oil companies. Despite opposition from environmental groups and...
Why Russia gave up Alaska, America’s gateway to the Arctic
William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, University of Alaska Anchorage
One hundred and fifty years ago, on March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
