Among the Trump Administration's flurry of executive orders was a mandate to maximize — not balance — resource extraction on Alaska's public lands. Less publicized provisions of the order instruct the ...
The polar regions are the coldest places on Earth. During the summer, the poles receive 24 hours of sunlight, but during the winter the sun is rarely visible. Animals that inhabit nature’s freezers ...
Alaska’s Arctic Ocean shores had been known to hold oil in some capacity since the 1800s. Native Alaskans would cut blocks of tundra to use as fuel for heat, as the frozen grass was soaked with ...
These areas are dominated by coniferous forest, generally have permafrost soils, and occur below the Arctic tundra latitudes. Boreal forests have been experiencing both gains and losses in recent ...