Alaska: Trump opens wilderness up for oil drilling
The Trump administration is pushing ahead with the first sale of oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The giant Alaskan wilderness is home...
Murkowski energy bill crosses finish line
Tucked amongst the 5,500-some pages of legislation with more than $2 trillion in spending and COVID-19 aid that President Donald Trump signed last month was...
Climate Change Is Making Dangerous Landslides More Likely in Alaska
An hour before sundown on Dec. 2, Lilly Ford and her family heard a “strange, low rumble” outside of her home in Haines, Alaska. It...
Tongass National Forest is ‘America’s Last Climate Sanctuary’
The move by the Trump administration would overturn the Roadless Rule Act, which safeguarded the forest against industrial clear-cut logging and road building on national...
Watching the Arctic thaw in fast-forward
The frozen permafrost in the Arctic is thawing on an alarming scale. By analyzing an annual record of satellite images, researchers have now confirmed these...
US: Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies is threatened
Climate change, voracious beetles and disease are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food
Congressional delegation, Gwich’in, have diverse views on financing ANWR projects
Alaska’s congressional delegation and the Gwich’in Steering Committee are at serious odds on how much financial support firms engaged in oil and gas development projects...
Funding for Hydrokinetic Turbine Development
The multi-disciplinary nature and challenges of HKT design requires expertise from a range of scientific and engineering fields working together concurrently. SHARKS teams will reflect...