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Alaska Native Communities to Receive Almost $75 Million to Help With Climate Change Impacts

Alaska Native Communities to Receive Almost $75 Million to Help With Climate Change Impacts

Over the next five years, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium will receive almost $75 million to help Alaska Indigenous communities facing the impacts of climate change. It is the biggest federal appropriation aimed at helping the state’s Native communities with climate resilience in Alaska history. “Alaska is an underserved state on the front lines […]

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    4 of the Best Whale Watching Spots in the U.S.

    4 of the Best Whale Watching Spots in the U.S.

    Whale watching is a popular pastime and a great way to get outdoors, but not everyone knows the best places and times of year to see the largest mammals on Earth. Here’s a quick guide to some of the best places to catch a glimpse of these magnificent creatures in the United States. San Juan […]

    4 of the Most Picturesque Car-Free Towns in the U.S.

    4 of the Most Picturesque Car-Free Towns in the U.S.

    If you’re looking to get away from the rushed routine of modern life, these four car-free towns, each with its own languid pace, might be just for you. Halibut Cove, Alaska Alaska is a land of unspoiled wilderness and abundant wildlife. If there is going to be a human community there, it makes sense for […]

    Nature Livestream Camera Leads to Lost Hiker, Rescue

    Nature Livestream Camera Leads to Lost Hiker, Rescue

    A lost hiker in Alaska’s Katmai National Park was rescued after being spotted on a livestream camera that viewers were observing to catch glimpses of brown bears. Viewers were tuning into Explore.org’s Dumpling Mountain livestream, which comes from one of many of the organization’s cameras placed within the park. During this time of year, many […]

    Arctic Sea Ice 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Arctic Sea Ice 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts What Is Arctic Sea Ice? Sea ice forms and covers most of the Arctic Ocean during the shorter, darker winter months. How much of the ocean’s surface is covered in sea ice is an important indicator of climate change. By mid-September, after the summer melt, the area covered by Arctic sea ice […]

    ‘We Have No Other Home’: Alaska Tribes Sue to Stop Largest Pure Gold Mine

    ‘We Have No Other Home’: Alaska Tribes Sue to Stop Largest Pure Gold Mine

    If the Donlin Gold Mine is built as planned in Southwest Alaska, it would be the largest pure gold mine in the world. It would also lead to the filling of thousands of acres of wetlands, harm salmon and rainbow smelt and risk a catastrophic spill of 20 to 40 percent of the up to 568 million tons of toxic waste that could end up stored behind a 471-foot tailings dam.