Triple-digit heat in Siberia? 5 ways the extreme Arctic heat wave fits a disturbing pattern

The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as the planet as a whole, with serious consequences. Scientists have been warning about this for decades.

Mark Serreze, Research Professor of Geography and Director, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
June 25, 2020 • ~7 min

Indigenous Alaskans probably didn’t eat sea otters

Before fur traders decimated sea otters, ancestors of at least one Alaskan indigenous group hunted them for their pelts, not food, researchers say.

Jim Barlow-Oregon • futurity
June 3, 2020 • ~9 min

Native American tribes' pandemic response is hamstrung by many inequities

Many Native American tribes are reporting high COVID-19 infection rates. State and federal agencies are impeding tribes' efforts to handle the pandemic themselves.

Stephanie Malin, Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University • conversation
June 1, 2020 • ~10 min

How bison, moose and caribou stepped in to do the cleaning work of extinct mammoths

The historical record is full of surprises – and it could encourage conservationists to think more creatively.

Maarten van Hardenbroek van Ammerstol, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Newcastle University • conversation
April 29, 2020 • ~6 min

Mine waste dams threaten the environment, even when they don't fail

Dams built to hold enormous quantities of toxic mining waste have a long history of spills. Decisions in the Pacific Northwest threaten three free-flowing rivers there.

Julian D. Olden, Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington • conversation
Feb. 24, 2020 • ~9 min

Sockeye salmon leaving home a year early

Salmon in Alaska's Bristol Bay are heading to the ocean a whole year earlier than they used to because of climate change and other fish.

Michelle Ma-Washington • futurity
June 28, 2019 • ~5 min

Elusive seal posse colonized an Alaskan lake

Evidence that the seals in Alaska's Iliamna Lake are one of a kind could prevent a controversial mining project from going forward.

Michelle Ma-Washington • futurity
May 8, 2019 • ~8 min

Rain makes methane from thawing bogs go ‘bonkers’

Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost bogs by 30 percent, research in Alaska finds.

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Feb. 13, 2019 • ~6 min

Alaskan forests show resilience in face of climate change

"We're looking for policy or looking for everyone to get onboard with the Paris Agreement... but I think more can come from individual action."

Danielle Torrent Tucker-Stanford • futurity
Dec. 6, 2018 • ~1 min

How 600,000 pounds of dead fish affected Alaskan trees

In Alaska, dead salmon scientists tossed on the banks of a shallow creek for 20 years have had an unexpected benefit for the nearby trees.

Michelle Ma-Washington • futurity
Oct. 24, 2018 • ~5 min

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