Marine species are either travelling further and expending more energy to feed or they are shifting their ranges further north.
Oceans
State says harsh conditions, not aging infrastructure, culprit in Cook Inlet gas leak
Now that the state’s had time to investigate, Geoff Merrell with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said aging equipment probably wasn’t to blame for the gas leak.
Many of California’s salmon populations unlikely to survive the century
Climate change, dams and agriculture are threatening Chinook salmon, the iconic fish at the core of the state’s fishing industry, a report predicts. And 23 other fish species are also at risk.
Kodiak embraces commercial harvest of kelp
Commercial seaweed farming could be the hot new industry in Alaska, and Kodiak is getting in on it.
Arctic Council’s mitigation, adaptation projects continue as U.S. hands over chairmanship
Scientists, other officials working on projects related to Arctic contaminants, clean energy, oil spill response, identifying migratory bird breeding grounds, and preventing the influx of ‘invasive alien species’.
The one percent: Murre colonies struggle to reproduce following die-off
The massive die-off of common murres in 2015 and 2016 is over, but survivors are struggling to reproduce.