Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
An "all-time high" temperature record has been set in the US state of Alaska, despite much of the country sitting in the Arctic circle. Temperatures peaked at 32.22 Celsius (90F) on 4 July at an airport
Alaska
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U.S. unveils plan to manage huge Alaskan oil reserve
The U.S. federal government on Wednesday announced a plan to manage energy drilling on part of Alaska's North Slope, with the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve to be divided between areas available
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Polar bears could be extinct in 25 years: Experts
For a millennium, the majestic, lily-white polar bear has lorded over the frozen wastes of the Arctic. But if two Russian experts are to be believed, the enigmatic "monarch of the ice" could be extinct
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Threatened species listing for polar bears contested in U.S. court
Polar bears' designation as a threatened species was challenged in a U.S. appeals court on Friday, with a lawyer for Alaska and other parties arguing that regulators had failed to back up the listing.
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Earthquake rocks island in Alaska's Aleutian chain
A powerful earthquake rocked one of the few inhabited islands in Alaska's Aleutian chain on Wednesday, but no damage has been found, federal and local officials said. The magnitude 6.9 quake, centered
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5 U.S. states get $250,000 federal grants for tsunami debris removal
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday announced it will provide $250,000 in grants to five states affected by debris from last year’s tsunami in Japan. The agency said Alaska,
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U.S. Unveils Final Drilling Plan, Limits Arctic Sales
U.S. oil companies will be allowed to drill in more areas of the Gulf of Mexico but won only limited access to the Arctic under the final version of the Obama Administration's five year drilling plan that
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Warmest U.S. Spring On Record: NOAA
So far, 2012 has been the warmest year the United States has ever seen, with the warmest spring and the second-warmest May since record-keeping began in 1895, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Arctic Monitoring Stations Report CO2 Levels of 400 parts per million
NOAA reported that six other arctic monitoring stations in their international cooperative air sampling network have reported CO2 concentrations of 400 ppm this spring. These measurements from remote high
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Greenhouse gas levels pass symbolic 400ppm CO2 milestone
Monitoring stations in the Arctic detect record levels of carbon dioxide, higher than ever above 'safe' 350ppm mark The world's air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon
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High Concentrations of Toxic Mercury in the Arctic from Circumpolar Rivers
Environmental scientists have known that high levels of the toxic element, mercury, have been accumulating in the Arctic Ocean for some time. It was believed to be mostly caused by atmospheric sources