Scientists from the West Coast are gathering in Seattle this week for a conference on a giant mass of warm ocean water that has lingered in the Northeast Pacific for the past two years.
Climate Change
Conservation group says Obama should be tougher on Tongass
A federal proposal to make Southeast Alaska’s logging industry sustainable while preserving old growth in the Tongass National Forest does too little, too slowly, according to one conservation group.
Alaskans fly south for Arctic symposium
Alaska officials, municipal and Native corporation representatives, and top Coast Guard officers are attending the third annual Arctic Encounter Symposium in Seattle.
Temperatures up by 50 Degrees at North Pole
2014 was the warmest year since 1880, and 2015 is on track to be even warmer. While the rest of the world has warmed by an average of 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit, the Arctic has warmed by twice as much.
After two years, is The Blob finally dead?
At its peak, The Blob generated ocean surface temperatures that were 2 to 3 degrees Celsius above average. Now, temperatures are only .5 to 1.5 degrees Celsius above average.
Russian icebreaker makes record-setting Arctic voyage
Along with setting the speed record, the icebreaker also completed the trip over a month after the shipping season usually ends in the Arctic. But it’s still a long way off from becoming the next great trade route.