The Arctic permafrost soils, here in the Yukon region of Alaska, contain twice as much mercury as all other soils, the oceans and the atmosphere combined. If it enters rivers as a result of thawing processes, the pollutant load on fish and other animals would...
Orcas roam wider areas in the U.S. Pacific Arctic due to the lack of sea ice and encounter new prey. Photo: Holly Fearnbach, NOAA Fisheries Originally, orcas rarely visited arctic waters, as sea ice was too dangerous for them. However, with climate change and...
Garbage collected on the beaches of the Bering Sea in Alaska. (Austin Ahmasuk) Garbage drifting from Asia to Alaska’s beaches is nothing new. But this year, there is a mysterious and disturbing tide that is piling up along the coasts of the Bering Strait...
The fires in the mostly remote areas of Siberia charred an area larger than Belgium. It was only thanks to satellite images that the authorities were able to identify which areas were burning, as many regions are in the middle of nowhere. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory...
Various salmon species, such as these sockeye salmon in Alaska, after hatching in the streams inland, migrate into the open sea where they remain and grow for a few years before migrating back to their original streams, spawning and then dying. This is called an...
