The department's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) conditionally granted Shell permits for exploration in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, in a season which sea ice limits from July ...

Arctic sea ice extent for March set a record low in the 47-year satellite data record. Extent was below average everywhere ...

Leaders from rural communities in eight states travelled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge lawmakers to preserve federal ...

The Bering Air flight that recently crashed in sea ice off Alaska, killing 10, was more than 1,000 pounds "over the maximum takeoff gross weight for flight into known or forecast icing conditions ...

Other cruises will continue past years’ monitoring work in the Chukchi and Northern Bering seas, and the final cruise will be ...

Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around Alaska are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks–led study. The ...

But, even more importantly than the record low, is that this year adds yet another data point to the continuing long-term loss of Arctic sea ice in all seasons.” The growth season for Arctic sea ice ...

The marble office building near Capitol Hill is a world away from Tom Atkinson's home above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. The boss of an electric company in Kotzebue, Atkinson would rather be there, on ...

on the freezing edge of the Chukchi Sea. But he's in Washington, D.C., waiting for a meeting with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican, to plead for help. Kotzebue is one of scores of ...