Craig Fleener

Alaska Host Organization for Arctic Council to ‘Transition’ to Advocacy Role After Ministerial

Tim Ellis

A new mission for an Alaskan Arctic Council committee …Now that the United States has handed over chairmanship of the Arctic Council, at its biennial…

Changing Arctic

White House Conferees Hail Effort to Promote both Arctic Science, Traditional Knowledge

Tim Ellis

Informing Arctic science with traditional knowledge …Top scientists from around the world gathered at the White House last week for the first-ever Arctic…

Changing Arctic

Top U.S. Science Adviser: ‘We Cannot Stop Climate Change ... We Need to be Prepared’

Tim Ellis

“No matter what we do ... we cannot stop climate change in its tracks,” says John Holdren, President Obama’s science adviser. “It’s already having…

Changing Arctic

U.S. Official: Increased Attention to Arctic Promotes Americans’ Understanding of Region

Tim Ellis

Is the Arctic Council raising Arctic awareness?“There’s a tremendous amount of energy that’s being directed at the Arctic right now,” says Craig Fleener…

Changing Arctic

Obama To Visit Alaska, Talk About Arctic Climate Change, Tour Impacted Communities

Tim Ellis

President Obama announced his upcoming visit to Alaska in a video that includes scenes of destruction from storm surges, flooding and wildfires.The scene…