Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2019
Climate change created today's large crocodiles
What does the term crocodylian bring to mind? A big reptile with a chomping jaw?
Search results for Walruses
Ecology
Sep 13, 2019
Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement
An international collaboration of scientists in Iceland, Denmark and the Netherlands has for the first time used ancient DNA analyses and C14-dating to demonstrate the past existence of a unique population of Icelandic walrus ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2019
Melted Alaska sea ice alarms coast residents, scientists
Sea ice along northern Alaska disappeared far earlier than normal this spring, alarming coastal residents who rely on wildlife and fish.
Environment
Jun 7, 2019
Disappearing sea ice is changing the whole ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean
I drafted this article while looking north over the frozen Lincoln Sea, at the northernmost tip of Ellesmere Island in Canada. I was at Alert, a Canadian Forces Station which, at 82°N, is the most northerly permanently inhabited ...
Environment
Apr 13, 2019
Pace of Bering Sea changes startles scientists
The Yupik Eskimo village of Kotlik on Alaska's northwest coast relies on a cold, hard blanket of sea ice to protect homes from vicious winter Bering Sea storms.
Environment
Mar 31, 2019
Judge restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic
President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed bans on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a U.S. judge said in a ruling that restored the Obama-era ...
Archaeology
Feb 13, 2019
Giant 'megalodon' shark extinct earlier than previously thought
Megalodon—a giant predatory shark that has inspired numerous documentaries, books and blockbuster movies—likely went extinct at least one million years earlier than previously thought, according to new research published ...
Environment
Feb 5, 2019
Exploring permafrost coastal erosion in the Arctic
The remote town of Barrow, Alaska, home to more than 4,000 people, touts picturesque views of the Arctic Ocean as well as an unparalleled connection to the Alaskan wild, but underneath its stunning beauty lies a major global ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2019
An icy forecast for ringed seal populations
Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 12.8 percent per decade - 2012 had the lowest amount of summer ice on record. The drastic change has numerous implications for Arctic ecosystems, from increased shipping - the ...
Environment
Dec 11, 2018
Arctic's record warming driving 'broad change' in environment: study
Global warming is heating the Arctic at a record pace, driving broad environmental changes across the planet, including extreme storms in the United States and Europe, a major US scientific report said Tuesday.
