Tag: Arctic

The Bureau of Land Management released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for oil and gas leasing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain. Under the selected plan, the...

Seabirds in Canada and the Pacific Arctic show greater concentrations of mercury contamination than their Arctic European counterparts, according to a meta-review. Although most of the Canadian seabirds had concentrations...

To judge by the annual surveys, black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) are on the upswing. After years of decline, aerial counts along their migration routes — between Mexico’s Baja Peninsula...

Last week, the House Natural Resources Committee advanced legislation that would prohibit oil and gas exploration and development along the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Arctic...

Decades of sediment built up deep under Arctic ponds can reveal the size of past seabird populations and how harvesting has impacted their numbers over the decades. “We can track...

Since the 1970s, the midcontinental population of Arctic snow geese (Chen caerulescen) has been increasing, now exceeding 15 million individuals. At the same time Arctic shorebird numbers are declining. Researchers...

The House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee held a hearing last week on The Need to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain, including the  Arctic Cultural...

Using  environmental conditions projected for ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in the Arctic, researchers found there may be less snow, which can spell bad news for the species. The seals rely...

It’s hard to look for something when you don’t know what you’re looking for. That is what researchers faced when they tried to find contaminants in polar bear (Ursus maritimus)...

Climate change may be the main reason behind a great decline in shorebird populations around the world, researchers found. After looking at 38,191 nests of 111 species across the world,...