which they call the Alaska Lake and Pond Occurrence Dataset, could greatly simplify research aimed at investigating how permafrost is changing as the Arctic warms. More information: Eric S.

which they call the Alaska Lake and Pond Occurrence Dataset, could greatly simplify research aimed at investigating how permafrost is changing as the Arctic warms. (Geophysical Research Letters ...

(Eve Baker/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office) As warming conditions create new operating pathways in the Arctic ... Alaska, that concluded last year required engineers to excavate warm ...

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 ...

Environmental groups on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration to overturn an executive order seeking to open Arctic waters off Alaska, as well as waters in the Atlantic and Pacific ...

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WASHINGTON—Several Arctic ... challenges in Alaska. In addition to extending and expanding our presence there, we have challenges with coastal erosion and some of the permafrost issues.

Arctic communities have long been noticing changes in the sea ice across Alaska, with ice setting up later most years and proving less dependable throughout the winter many years. The impacts have ...