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Ridgeway, Alaska, United States
Shahal Farzan /
KBBI Homer /
January 25, 2017
A recent study estimates permafrost coverage on the peninsula has decreased by 60 percent since 1950. Permafrost is usually associated with Northern and Interior Alaska, but it also occurs in isolated pockets in wetlands on the Kenai Peninsula.
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on KBBI Homer
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Herschel Island - Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Beufort Sea, YT, Canada
Maura Forrest /
ND Arctic Deeply /
January 25, 2017
Darren Nasogaluak has an unusual problem.As the mayor of Tuktoyaktuk, a small Inuvialuit hamlet on the coast of the Beaufort Sea, he has had to watch bits of his community wash away over the years.
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on ND Arctic Deeply
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Zhokhov island
Olga Gertcyk /
Siberia Times /
January 25, 2017
Unique paleontological sites are facing destruction from gangs seeking to sell prehistoric remains. The hunters are especially active in late summer, when the permafrost retreats leaving mammoth remains more visible.
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on Siberia Times
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Saint Paul, Alaska, United States
Zoë Sobel /
Alaska Public Media /
January 23, 2017
As lichen has disappeared, the herd has changed its diet. This adaptation could have global implications for reindeer facing a warming climate.
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on Alaska Public Media
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Southeast Region, Alaska, United States
Naomi Bargmann /
LEO Network /
August 24, 2015
A salmon troller saw a leatherback turtle in the summer of 2015.
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Golovin, Alaska, United States
Carol Oliver, Anahma Shannon, Tonya James and Edward "Ted" Smith /
LEO Network /
December 31, 2016
The storm raises local concerns about food security and preparedness for transportation emergencies.
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