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Polar Bear Outlook Favorable Under Certain Scenarios

Polar Bear Outlook Favorable Under Certain Scenarios

“The scenarios predicted by our models are encouraging in that there are clear actions that humans can take to improve the chances that healthy polar...

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New USGS Alaska Geochemical Atlas Tells Rich Tales About the Last Frontier

New USGS Alaska Geochemical Atlas Tells Rich Tales About the Last Frontier

The U.S. Geological Survey has produced a new compilation of landscape-scale sediment and soil geochemical data for Alaska. This was last completed...

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Waterfowl Populations Resilient to Fires in the Western Boreal Forest

Waterfowl Populations Resilient to Fires in the Western Boreal Forest

“These results suggest that waterfowl populations in the western boreal forest are resilient to forest fires and that current policies of limited fire...

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How Climate Change Might Affect Polar Bears' Bodies

How Climate Change Might Affect Polar Bears' Bodies

You really are what you eat. That’s the taking-off point for a new polar bear study, conducted by U.S. Geological Survey researchers with an assist...

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Alaska Still a Likely Portal for Avian Influenza

Alaska Still a Likely Portal for Avian Influenza

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Geological Survey released additional evidence that western Alaska remains a hot spot for avian influenza to enter North...

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50-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Seafloor Mapping Reveals Cause of 1964 Tsunami that Destroyed Alaskan Village

50-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Seafloor Mapping Reveals Cause of 1964 Tsunami that Destroyed Alaskan Village

Minutes after the 1964 magnitude-9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake began shaking, a series of tsunami waves swept through the village of Chenega in Prince...

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New Geological Evidence Aids Tsunami Hazard Assessments from Alaska to Hawaii

New Geological Evidence Aids Tsunami Hazard Assessments from Alaska to Hawaii

New evidence for frequent large tsunamis at a remote island near Dutch Harbor, Alaska provides geological data to aid tsunami hazard preparedness...

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First Ever Digital Geologic Map of Alaska Published

First Ever Digital Geologic Map of Alaska Published

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A new digital geologic map of Alaska is being released today providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information...

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Arctic Tundra Fire Causes Widespread Permafrost Landscape Changes

Arctic Tundra Fire Causes Widespread Permafrost Landscape Changes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Large and severe tundra fires cause top down permafrost thaw, playing a major role in altering Arctic landscapes according to a...

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Arctic Mammals May Face Shrinking Habitat from Climate Warming

Arctic Mammals May Face Shrinking Habitat from Climate Warming

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A new scientific study predicts that some of Alaska’s mammal species will respond to future climate warming by concentrating in...

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Wild Berry Harvests Less Reliable According to Alaskan Local Observers

Wild Berry Harvests Less Reliable According to Alaskan Local Observers

The U.S. Geological Survey today announced the publication of a new study examining how Alaska’s tribal environmental managers and local observer...

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Polar Bears Forced on Shore by Sea-Ice Loss Are Unlikely to Thrive on Land-Based Foods

Polar Bears Forced on Shore by Sea-Ice Loss Are Unlikely to Thrive on Land-Based Foods

Two studies by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) suggest a rough outlook for polar bears as climate warming continues to reduce sea ice in the Arctic.

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