Interior won’t ease Arctic drilling restrictions
The U.S. Department of the Interior will not pursue the previous administration’s plan to ease restrictions on exploratory drilling in the Arctic. In 2020, during ...
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Narwhals increasingly exposed to mercury
Narwhal tusks can tell researchers a lot about the marine mammals’ feeding habits and exposure to dangerous chemicals. “They’re kind of like tree rings,” ...
Watch: Bearded seals can’t compete with industrial sounds
The loud sounds bearded seals emit underwater may not be noisy enough to overcome the sound from increasing industrial activities off the coast of Alaska. Recent ...
Climate change presents problems for bears, narwhals
Climate change is causing energy use problems for Arctic mammals. Melting or shifting ice patterns means both narwhals (Monodon Monoceros) and polar bears (Ursus ...
Even snowbirds may feel the heat
Heat may stress out snowbirds, despite the fact that they live in areas most people would consider cool at best. As climates continue to warm, this type of stress ...
The deafening underwater soundscape of bearded seals
Bearded seals create a deafening underwater soundscape in the Canadian Arctic Ocean — particularly during mating season. Explorations of the types of sounds they ...
Massive murre die-offs mirrored by reproductive failure
Murre colonies that experienced die-offs in the Bering and Chukschi seas off the coast of Alaska in 2018 also experienced reproductive failure. “The majority of ...
Watch: Arctic warming reshapes region
Near-record warming in the Arctic continues to bring in massive changes to the region, according to an annual assessment by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Northernmost polar bears temporarily benefit from warming
Polar bears in one of the northernmost populations in the world are seeing some short-term transient benefits from climate change. Climate change in Kane Basin, ...
How is a changing Arctic affecting wildlife movement?
Long-term wildlife movement studies in the Arctic are hard to come by. That’s because they can be expensive, requiring tags that communicate through satellite ...