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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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Forecasting weather in a warming Arctic … National Weather Service meteorologist Rick Thoman predicts more snow, more cold snaps – more normal winter…
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Arctic winter forecast: warm, with occasional normal weather ...A year ago, National Weather Service meteorologist Rick Thoman and many other forecasters…
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The health impacts of climate change ...“In public health, we’ve all been on a steep learning curve, and we’re learning how to pull climate change into…
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Informing Arctic science with traditional knowledge …Top scientists from around the world gathered at the White House last week for the first-ever Arctic…
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A top-level Arctic science conference in Washington …Mainstream media outlets like MSNBC and the Washington Post don’t often give much play to scientific…
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Sea ice extent becoming a climate-change barometer …The National Snow and Ice Data Center last week issued its annual declaration on how much the north…
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A near-record loss of sea ice …Despite a relatively cool summer in the far north, the Arctic Ocean’s sea-ice cover continued to shrink. But Julienne…
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A boost for broadband in rural Alaska …The Federal Communications Commission last week announced it’ll give Alaska’s smaller telecoms up to a billion…
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A carbon time-bomb ticking away in thawing permafrost …"Methane is a very potent greenhouse gas," University of Alaska Fairbanks ecology professor Katey…
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Finding technological tools to operate in the far north …It’s not unusual for mistakes to be made during a big, complex operation like the…