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Alaskans use Arctic Science Summit Week to focus on climate change
Posted by Alaska Dispatch News: None Given on March 13th, 2016
Alaska Dispatch News: As eyes turn to Fairbanks this month for the 2016 Arctic Science Summit Week, residents are gathering to have their say on an urgent crisis facing Arctic communities: climate change.
The ASSW states its purpose is to “facilitate communication across academia, government agencies, local communities, industry, non-governmental organizations and other Arctic stakeholders.” With this goal in mind, the concurrent Fairbanks Rally for a Clean Energy Economy has stepped up communication on the part of...
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Comments Off on Alaskans use Arctic Science Summit Week to focus on climate changeEasing Alaska’s wildfire seasons means tackling climate change
Posted by Alaska Dispatch News: None Given on July 10th, 2015
Alaska Dispatch News: Alaska is burning. As of July 8 more than 300 fires are blazing across the state in an extreme and costly fire season that could last well into August. Firefighters and the resources they depend on are being pressed to the limits.
I know exactly what our front-line defenders are going through. I’ve been there.
During the summer of 1983, I was among a group of smokejumpers dispatched from western states to Alaska during a major “fire bust,” a relatively large number of fires started mostly by...
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