The Trump administration plans to create a new designated region for offshore oil leasing in Arctic waters off Alaska, an area where past exploration attempts have failed amid extremely high costs ...

13, 2023. The Trump administration is planning to designate a new “High Arctic” region off Alaska for offshore oil and gas leasing. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Bice/U.S. Coast ...

“It’s feeling very quiet,” said Diane Hirshberg, who leads a research institute at University of Alaska Anchorage and is academic vice president at an international network of schools called ...

The development of oil projects in Alaska’s North Slope and Arctic is boosting jobs growth in these areas more than the average for the state, according to the latest figures by the Alaska ...

A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled in favor of Alaska’s state-owned investment bank in a lawsuit that could clear the way for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In an order ...

Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, literally tore up a list of 70 orders ... The pipeline would run from Prudhoe Bay – on the Arctic Ocean – to the Kenai Peninsula near Homer. Currently, essentially ...

Winter’s sea ice extent in the Arctic set a new record low as it peaked March 22, according to the Alaska Climate Research Center’s monthly report. The report, released April 2, states the ...

The map is presented at a scale of 1 to 2,500,000 and shows the correlation of physiographic province to presence of permafrost across the state of Alaska. The digital data were prepared under the U.S ...

The bureau is reconfiguring boundaries for federal waters off Alaska’s shores to establish a new High Arctic planning area. The US Department of the Interior says the High Arctic will be the ...

The cuts have not been uniform, and in many cases, Arctic research continues apace. A spokesperson for the University of Alaska Fairbanks said the impact on their institution had so far been minimal.

His expertise, deep roots in Alaska and steady leadership helped elevate the Arctic to its rightful place on the national and international stage. The Daily News-Miner encourages residents to make ...