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Most of Alaska's Permafrost Could Melt This Century
2014-12-19 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: The permafrost in some of Alaska's most iconic national parks could all but disappear this century, new research suggests. Right now, half of the ground in Denali National Park's is frozen year-round, but if global warming continues at the current pace, just 1 percent of this land could remain permafrost by the year 2100, according to new research presented here at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Not only could vast swaths of the Alaskan tundra transform into swampy bogs,...
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Pictures: Alaska's Wondrous Bristol Bay
2014-12-18 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he is taking Bristol Bay "off the bidders block" to protect the pristine southwestern area of Alaska from oil and gas interests. "It is a beautiful national wonder," Obama said in a video address from the White House. "It's something that's too precious for us to just be putting out to the highest bidder." The presidential moratorium to protect Bristol Bay from oil and gas development follows actions taken earlier this year by the government to...
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Obama Protects Alaska's Bristol Bay From Oil and Gas Development
2014-12-17 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: President Obama yesterday announced protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska, one of the most productive fishing grounds in the nation, from future oil and gas development. The president's action is expected to benefit commercial fishermen and Native Alaskans and boost conservation efforts in the region, which is roughly the size of Florida. Noting that Bristol Bay is the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery and the source of 40 percent of U.S. wild-caught seafood a catch worth $2 billion annually...
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Obamas latest green move: Banning drilling in Alaskas Bristol Bay
2014-12-17 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Obama took another step today to build up his green legacy, just the latest in a recent string of pro-environment actions. He protected Alaskas Bristol Bay, a major environmental and economic resource, by withdrawing the waters indefinitely from future oil and gas drilling. The Huffington Posts Kate Sheppard reports: Obama said in a video Tuesday that he had issued a memorandum withdrawing the region from all future oil and gas lease sales. The region, he said, "is a beautiful, natural...
Where's the snow? Not in Alaska's largest city
2014-11-21 03:12:03| Railroads - Topix.net
Chantz Gaither, a supervisor for Be Happy Home Maintenance, hangs holiday lights for the Alaska Railroad in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. While many cities across the nation are digging out, Alaska's largest city is void of any snow on the ground.
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