Bank of America is the second-largest financial institution in the United States and the eighth largest in the world. The bank’s headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina (left), while other larger cities such as New York (right) have regional HQs. Images:...
Sentinel-2 satellite image of a freshly drained thermal karst lake on the northern Seward Peninsula in northwest Alaska. Image from Juli 3, 2018. (Picture: ESA Sentinel-2) The frozen permafrost in the Arctic is thawing on an alarming scale. By analysing an annual...
Ringed seals are widespread throughout the Arctic and are found in 5 subspecies. The animals, which weigh just under 70 kilograms and are about 130 cm long, are an important food source for both polar bears and Inuit. Numerous clothing parts are made from the...
The Alaska North Slope area photographed from above. Large reserves of oil and natural gas are suspected off the coast. But the area is in the middle of ANWR, the largest U.S. nature reserve in the Arctic. It is home to many Arctic animal and plant species and the...
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the largest nature reserve in the United States Arctic. But on its coastal area, the North Slope, there are also rich oil and gas deposits that are being offered for sale by the Trump administration (1002 Area). Right next to it,...