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Native Alaska villages were already on the frontlines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.

A week after Typhoon Halong passed through Japan in early October, its remnants crossed the Pacific and struck western Alaska ...

Senate votes to overturn Biden-era Arctic protections. Why environmental groups are concerned.

Environmental groups are slamming Congress' move to overturn a Biden-era rule that limited the amount of land in the Arctic that could be used for oil and gas production.
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Trump opens Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling

On October 23, Trump finalized plans to open the pristine Alaska wildlife refuge, the crown jewel of our national refuge system, to oil and gas drilling.

An Antarctic glacier shrunk by almost half in just two months. Scientists say it could happen again

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level ...
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Antarctic glacier's alarming retreat is the fastest ever seen

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise ...