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Seeking solutions to villages’ high energy costs …The Alaska Center for Energy and Power is reaching out to inventors and entrepreneurs to help find ways…
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A new study of lightning in Alaska …Lightning sparked about a quarter of the 218 wildfires reported in Alaska as of Monday. But those fires account for 97…
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No new U.S. Arctic policy – at least, not yet …There’s been a lot of speculation over the past couple of months on whether U.S. Arctic policy will change…
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Bringing broadband to the Arctic …Dozens of experts from Arctic nations and elsewhere will meet in May for a two-day conference in Fairbanks to consider…
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Planning for the ‘Fairbanks Ministerial’ …First of two stories previewing the Week of the Arctic.A U.S. State Department official says planning is well…
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The ebb and flow of Arctic sea ice …National Weather Service climate specialist Rick Thoman has talked a lot about sparse sea-ice formation in many areas…
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An ever-shrinking Arctic polar ice cap …As the mercury plummeted to 40 below last weekend in Alaska’s Interior, temperatures around the North Pole…
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Arctic sea-ice cover sets another record low …Extraordinarily warm Arctic air continues to hinder the formation of sea ice around the circumpolar north.…
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A celebration of Arctic cultures …Planning and preparations continue here in Alaska for the big Arctic Council ministerial meeting this spring in…
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Thawing permafrost threatens infrastructure …A new study says the thawing of permafrost accelerated by a warming climate could destabilize at least a…
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An Arctic Council changing of the guard, in Alaska …As the United States ushers in a new administration, the eight member nations of the Arctic Council…
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A record-warm year in the Arctic, partly due to climate change …The persistently warm temperatures recorded throughout Alaska and the Arctic last year…