Alaska's lakes and ponds reveal effects of permafrost thaw
As climate change warms the Arctic, permafrost is thawing, and carbon trapped within the soil is moving into the atmosphere.
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Arctic and Northern Challenge program
Please contact NRC.Arctic_Northern-Arctique_Nord.CNRC@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca if you wish to receive the overview document in any of the languages listed. Working with Canadian and international partners from ...
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When the Civil War came to Alaska
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ships set ablaze by Confederate sailors who ...
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Sea Ice Today
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, and as a result, sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is decreasing. Sea ice loss has far-reaching effects on the planet because the ice helps ...