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April 22, 2021

Arctic Sustainable Energy Research

View the videos or download the presentations from this virtual conference focused on sustainable energy and energy efficiency research. The conference featured guest speakers and panelists from Alaska and around the world.

March 22, 2021

President Biden designates David Kennedy as Chair of the USARC

“I’m honored to be entrusted by President Biden with the responsibility of leading the USARC, a small, but important independent commission focused on advancing US Arctic research interests for the benefit of the nation,” said Kennedy.

February 3, 2021

Tracing the Pandemic Through Wastewater

View the videos or download the presentations from this virtual workshop focused on using sewage monitoring to investigate infectious disease. The workshop featured guest speakers and panelists from Alaska and around the world.

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Toxic, long-lasting contaminants detected in people living in northern Canada
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On Thin Ice: Arctic Coastal Sea Ice Thinning Twice As Fast As Thought
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EU provides 15 million euros of funding for Arctic project
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Changes in seabird breeding productivity reflect hemispheric differences in ocean warming and human use, and call out the need for policies that reduce the impacts of climate change on the world’s marine ecosystems.
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With a haul of 11 whales this season, Point Hope gears up for Qaġruq festival
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First stage of Master of the Arctic expedition ends
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Denmark agrees to give Greenland front seat at Arctic table
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Will a Native-led initiative spur an agricultural revolution in rural Alaska?
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Was North America populated by 'stepping stone' migration across Bering Sea?
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Pollutants in ocean’s giants
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Arctic Wildfires Are Back With Record Blazes in Western Siberia
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US, Russian researchers track polar bears and ice seals across the Arctic
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Indigenous knowledge to help identify sustainable Arctic fish
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‘Zombie Wildfires’ Appear to be Increasing in the Arctic
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Greenland glacial meltwaters rich in mercury
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First flights begin to count the polar bear population
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Airborne radar reveals groundwater beneath glacier
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'Zombie fires' are already smoldering in the Arctic. They could become more common as the planet warms
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Climate crisis behind drastic drop in Arctic wildlife populations – report
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A Closer Look: The Black Guillemots of Cooper Island, a colony of birds in Alaska that depend on Arctic sea ice.
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Oral histories unlock impact of climate change on nomadic life in Arctic Russia, says study
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Glimpses of a Soviet Ghost Town on an Arctic Norwegian Isle
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Arctic shelf technologies scientific center to be organized in St. Petersburg
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Laser Flashes Shed Light on a Changing Arctic
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Master of the Arctic: Polar bear aerial survey expedition starts in Yakutia
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