DeskEnvironmentAlaska’s gubernatorial race sparked a heated debate over trawl fisheries’ salmon bycatch, prompting industry allies to launch a radio ad campaign as candidates pledge reject industry money and push for stricter regulation.
A conservation group has sued NOAA Fisheries over pollock trawl catch limits, arguing that insufficient protections threaten the northern fur seal population on St. Paul Island.
A conservation group has sued NOAA Fisheries for inadequate pollock trawl fishing limits in the Bering Sea, arguing the regulations fail to protect a declining northern fur seal population on St. Paul Island.
The Alaska Legislature is debating bills to ban bottom trawling in state waters, aiming to protect salmon, the seafloor, and subsistence communities while balancing industry interests.
A podcast episode explores how remote Arctic villages, from Nunavut to Sámi communities, address waste challenges through locally driven initiatives like converting plastic bottles into 3D printer filament and organizing community cleanups.
Marte Indregard, KSAT’s first female CEO, aims to sustain growth and pioneer spirit while expanding polar ground‑station services, maritime surveillance, and lunar comms, amid climate‑impacted Arctic infrastructure and rising geopolitical competition.
Alaska’s gubernatorial race has sparked a heated debate over trawling, with candidates pledging to reject industry money, industry allies countering with a radio campaign, and federal bycatch limits threatening both fisheries profits and indigenous salmon harvests.
Permafrost thaw is endangering cultural heritage sites and contemporary structures in Svalbard, highlighting climate‑driven risks to Arctic built environments.
Arctic rivers on Alaska’s North Slope are now carrying more runoff and ancient carbon into the Beaufort Sea, a trend driven by longer permafrost thaw seasons and projected to intensify greenhouse‑gas release and ecosystem changes.
Sveagruva, a former Swedish mining site in eastern Svalbard, has been reopened as a research base by UNIS, giving scientists new access to study surging glaciers, geology and stable sea ice, and enabling on‑site sample analysis.
Camp Century, a 1960s U.S. military research and Cold War test site beneath Greenland’s ice, remains abandoned with nuclear waste that could be released as the ice melts, raising environmental concerns.
Canada’s federal nature strategy commits $230 million to an Arctic Indigenous Guardians program and $90 million to Wood Buffalo National Park, boosting Indigenous-led conservation and bison recovery.
A record federal lease sale on Alaska’s North Slope drew significant bids from Shell and ExxonMobil, signaling renewed oil development interest amid environmental and indigenous rights concerns.
A massive lease sale on Alaska’s North Slope saw major oil giants ExxonMobil and Shell re-enter the Arctic, prompting hopes for new production and mounting environmental and indigenous opposition.
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a multi‑billion‑dollar military and infrastructure plan for the Arctic, prompting Inuit leaders to voice concerns over unmet health, education, and environmental needs.
A record federal lease sale in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve‑Alaska drew 11 bidders, including ExxonMobil and Shell, sparking debate over new Arctic oil development and environmental protection.
Massive winter seabird die‑offs along Western Europe’s Atlantic coast signal rising climate‑driven storm impacts, threatening Arctic ecosystems and necessitating coordinated flyway conservation.
Alaska's northern coast has seen a 57‑day drop in landfast ice season in the Chukchi Sea and a 39‑day drop in the Beaufort Sea since 1996, threatening hunting, travel and oil‑gas ice roads.
The 9th Circuit Court reinstated federal critical‑habitat protections for ringed and bearded seals over ~160 million acres of Arctic Alaska, affirming NOAA’s 2022 designation and expanding regulatory review for oil and gas activities.
The Pribilof Islands witnessed the first confirmed marine mammal deaths from saxitoxin, with rising ocean temperatures spreading the toxin northward and jeopardizing the food security of local Unangax communities.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals restored critical‑habitat protections for ringed and bearded seals across 160 million acres of Arctic Alaska, upholding NOAA’s designation amid state opposition over oil‑development impacts.
Greenland voters elected Naaja Nathanielsen and Qarsoq Høegh‑Dam to Denmark’s Folketing, bringing contrasting views on independence and resource policy that could shape Arctic governance.
Canada is debating expanding the Port of Churchill to create a northern trade corridor, weighing economic opportunities against environmental risks and Indigenous concerns.
A 27‑year study shows the landfast sea‑ice season along Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort coasts has shrunk by up to 57 days, threatening hunting routes, oil‑gas ice roads and shoreline protection.
Oil companies secured drilling rights on more than 1.3 million acres in the Alaskan Arctic, including areas vital for wildlife, subsistence hunting, and conservation, sparking concern among Alaska Native leaders.
