It’s not clear what, practically speaking, the new federal Arctic strategy could mean for people in Alaska.
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White House Arctic strategy puts new emphasis on national defense and threats posed by Russia
The document says the strategy “acknowledges increasing strategic competition in the Arctic since 2013, exacerbated by Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine.”
Alaska’s next big storm forecast to hit farther north, as some communities still recover from September flooding
A storm is forecast to hit Alaska’s northwest coast with high winds and coastal flooding, starting Wednesday night and continuing into Friday.
Harry Potter Lake, once too big to see across, vanished in a day
Drained lake basins make up more than half of the Arctic coastal plain, the part of the Alaska map that most resembles Swiss cheese.
Arctic Road Rally aims to show electric vehicles’ potential in Alaska
Ten electric vehicles set out Friday from Fairbanks on a thousand-mile journey up the Dalton Highway and back.
The Arctic is heating up nearly 4 times faster than the whole planet, study finds
The Arctic is very sensitive to climate change. In the last 40 years, the region has warmed much more rapidly than the Earth as a whole, a new study finds.