Alaska’s Arctic Circle puts nature close and civilization, thankfully, far. By Larry Bleiberg . May 5, 2019 7:45 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... a collection of rock mounds, ...

Two scientists' fascination with the layered ice mounds that build up along Arctic Alaska rivers led to an important discovery — that ice now is melting nearly a month earlier than it did in 2000.

Beavers are also colonizing the Arctic tundra of western Alaska, ... Icebergs float beyond stone mounds known as inuksuks on Sept. 3, 2021 in Ilulissat, Greenland.

Consequences for the climate The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the surrounding Arctic ecosystem also play an outsized ...

Permafrost thaw in Kivalina, Alaska, is threatening villages and homes Cracked homes, buckled roads and ruptured pipelines are likely to become common in and near the Arctic as warming ...

On land, thawing permafrost has led to radical shifts in the Arctic landscape, including ground collapses, the formation and disappearance of lakes, the emergence of mounds called pingos, and ...

The 6-to-12-pound (3-to-5-kilogram) foxes, which prey mostly on lemmings and small game, are found throughout the circumpolar Arctic, from Alaska and Canada all the way into Europe and Greenland.

Even by Alaska standards, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is extraordinary. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America U.S. Politics Sports ...

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists working in the Arctic Ocean unraveled the geological origin of many mysterious mounds, called "pingos", off Canada's north coast. Pingos are ...