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Bowhead whales are changing migration patterns in the Arctic

Increasing cases of avian influenza in people

Seaweed farming inspires high hopes in Alaska for economic and environmental benefits

'Whole hell of a lot of water up there': This map shows the Sierra snowpack's record levels

Anne Margrethe was sick from a tick bite: – Know how bad it can be

Juneau's wastewater has four times as much COVID as the national average

Researchers struggle to find out if windmills scare reindeer

Skjoma: Statkraft wants to make as much electricity as possible – now NVE recommends that they release more water

Scientist explains how 'rain-on-snow' events can interact with California's snowpack

School district closes 5 libraries due to snow load

Blizzard batters Northwest Alaska, causing infrastructure problems

Bird flu affects large parts of the world – experts are watching that there will not be a pandemic

A decision looms on the Willow oil and gas project in Alaska's Arctic

Ice in the Baltic Sea reducing due to climate change

Chronic wasting disease found in new deer species in Manitoba

Students learn lessons on climate change, pollution through raising salmon

Saanich invites volunteers to help battle invasive plants

State shutters most Cook Inlet king salmon fishing this summer in unprecedented array of emergency closures

Record-low quota caught as Bering Sea Tanner crab season wraps up

Chugach State Park has been ‘loved to death.’ A ballot proposition aims to tackle longstanding problems

Residents of East Iceland told to be aware of ash eruption guidelines

'Like a highway going right past us': Nome grapples with its future as Arctic shipping traffic increases

Highly venomous spiders still a problem for factory workers.

This season’s snowfall isn’t yet too heavy for the vast majority of Anchorage rooftops, experts say

Earthquakes last longer and feel stronger in parts of Interior Alaska, research finds

Arctic oilmen break through the ice to Tanalau

Subsistence in these days of climate change

A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, a walrus discovery is caught up in geopolitics

Old Tjikko stands on Fulufjellet, just a mile from the Norwegian border in Trysil

Environmental groups urge feds to track flulike illnesses common among BP oil spill workers

Baffinland critical of report that says shipping to blame for narwhal displacement

Trudeau says he ordered takedown of 'unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace'

No deer, no problem: Sea otters become main course for this Southeast Alaska wolf pack

B.C’s pink sea urchins are on the move to shallower waters thanks to climate change

Diminished population of sunflower sea stars may get Endangered Species Act listing

Polar bear in fatal Wales attack was in poor health

Crab crisis in Bering Sea a sign of ‘borealization’ and big changes in the future, scientists warn

Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice

How will the Bering Strait respond to harmful algal blooms?

Beaver colonization around Nome is a ‘harbinger’ of Arctic changes

Will 33-fold solar power in Norway in seven years

Warmest January in Norway’s northeast

Company stopped the municipality's reindeer facility - sewage goes straight into the fjord

Forestry violates its own environmental rules – retains the green certificate

Hogs are running wild in the U.S.—and spreading disease

EPA stops Alaska's Pebble mine with rarely used power

Gov. Dunleavy says his carbon storage bills could bring Alaska ‘billions,’ but many unknowns remain

How Indigenous people are strengthening fur traditions in an anti-fur world

Human behaviour needs to shift for coexistence with wildlife, say specialists

Wildlife talk about Yukon Flats recap

Student project tracking microplastics found in Bering Strait-area spotted seals

Weeks after snowstorms, some Anchorage bus stops remain inaccessible

'The ocean is their garden': Initiative aims to make whaling safer

Local Alaska egg producers fill cracks during shortage

NOAA denies emergency request to close red king crab savings areas

More than $13 million in federal funding earmarked for Bristol Bay

There's a lot of talk about what we would gain from the Ambler Road. But what would we lose?

Rare attack in Alaska renews interest in polar bear patrols

Ice lies thick over Russian Arctic waters, but this winter might be record warm

Hard rain

How far can $25 million go to relocate a community that’s disappearing into Alaska’s melting permafrost?

Alaska's cold climate 'luck' with three consecutive La Niña years is about to run out

More industry must be placed where power is produced

Possible record year for arctic fox in Nordics with 762 cubs counted in 2022

LKAB discovers large rare earth metals deposit in northern Sweden

Congress approves development of national One Health coordination plan, other veterinary funding priorities

A real scramble: State suffers an egg shortage

It's warmer than normal in many parts of the North — and it's going to stay that way for awhile

December was Anchorage’s wettest and second snowiest on record

Why Are Alaska's Rivers Turning Orange?

In northernmost Alaska, a battle is on to limit the damages of permafrost thaw

Anchorage is still struggling to remove snow, weeks after a trio of winter storms

After 30 years in decline, Yukon's Finlayson caribou herd may be on the upswing, gov't says

The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis