Tag: Alaska
“Icemageddon”: Alaska trapped by a deluge of ice
Ice, high humidity, pocket of very hot air: the northernmost state of the United States has been experiencing all the consequences of global warming for a few days. Temperatures are…
“Icemageddon”: in Alaska, after the heat record, a deluge of ice
RWith heat, snowstorms, torrential rains and a deluge of ice, Alaska is experiencing extreme weather this week that is wreaking havoc in cities across the northernmost state in the United…
from Australia to Alaska, the world is shifting into the new year, still under the threat of Covid-19
A new year marked by the Covid-19, still omnipresent Festivities canceled or severely framed: the world is preparing to enter a third year of a pandemic while contaminations are exploding…
Alaska faces a blanket of ice after record heat
Hours after the state recorded a temperature record for December, torrential rains poured out. The temperature then dropped, causing massive ice formation. ELAINE THOMPSON / AP Record heat, snowstorms, torrential…
Alaska records worrying heat record, with 19.4 ° C in December
In the middle of December, the thermometer displays oddly spring temperatures in Alaska. Up to 19.4 degrees Celsius have been observed in the island community of Kodiak and several cities…
In Alaska, Otis, heavyweight champion of the brown bears
The Otis bear, winner of Fat Bear Week 2021 in Alaska, here in September fishing for salmon. C. SPENCER / COVER-IMAGES.COM / SIPA Otis won again! With 453 kilos under…
Oil Projects in Alaska: “We’re Talking About a Dying Industry”
Saturday 5th June 2021 Oil projects in Alaska “We’re talking about a dying industry” US President Joe Biden has recovered the drilling rights granted by Donald Trump for a nature…
Oil production in nature reserve: Biden stops Trump project in Alaska
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 Oil production in nature reserve Biden stops Trump project in Alaska In the last days of his tenure, then US President Trump awarded ten years of…
Alaska Conservation Area Oil: Environmentalists Settle Drilling Plans
Oil drilling in a nature reserve? If the US government has its way, the first drilling licenses for Northeast Alaska will be auctioned later this year. Environmentalists and indigenous people…
Oil production in nature reserve: US government presents roadmap
In Alaska there are said to be enormous reserves of oil and gas. There has been controversy in US politics for decades about possible exploitation. If the Trump administration has…