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Ozone Treaty Delayed Arctic Melting by 15 Years

The 1987 Montreal Protocol is known best for saving the ozone layer. Now scientists say it also delayed the disappearance of Arctic sea ice. The … Ozone Treaty Delayed Arctic Melting by 15 YearsRead more

Research has found that some bowhead whales in the Bering–Chukchi–Beaufort (BCB) population are no longer migrating to the northwestern Bering Sea in the winter but … Melting Arctic sea ice is changing bowhead whale migrationsRead more

The cycling of carbon through the environment is an essential part of life on the planet. Understanding the various sources and reservoirs of carbon is … Decaying biomass in Arctic rivers fuels more carbon exportRead more

An international team of researchers have sounded new alarm bells about the changing chemistry of the western region of the Arctic Ocean after discovering acidity … Link between fast-melting Arctic ice and ocean acidificationRead more

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America’s bridges are in rough shape. Of the nearly 620,000 bridges over roads, rivers and other waterways across the U.S., more than 43,500 of them, … Rural Alaska Has a Bridge Problem as Permafrost ThawsRead more

A new study from an international team of scientists, shows that extremely low winter temperatures high in the atmosphere over the arctic are becoming more … Rising greenhouse gases pose continued threat to Arctic ozone layerRead more