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Permafrost thaw to cost global economy trillions

Permafrost may be mostly invisible underground, but the consequences of its thawing will be anything but.

September 22, 2015

White House video previews Obama’s Alaska visit

U.S. President Barack Obama will use his trip to Alaska later this month as the backdrop of a message to the world about climate change, he announced in a video message.

August 14, 2015

Alaska, Washington senators file bill to build Arctic icebreakers

Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, and Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington, have introduced a bill that would authorize the Navy to build up to six icebreakers for use by the U.S. Coast Guard.

May 22, 2015

Expert predicts ice-free Arctic by 2020 as UN releases climate report

One of the leading authorities on the physics of northern seas is predicting an ice-free Arctic Ocean by the year 2020.

November 04, 2014