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Under the US Endangered Species Act of 2008, the polar bear populations in Alaska have been listed with an increased risk of extinction. Global warming and human activities in the area are considerably reducing the habitats in which the bears usually live, so the US Department of the Interior has recently issued an i... |
24 October 2009
03:15 GMT |
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Winter was until recently the traditional season when up to 90 percent of bird species in the Arctic migrated South, to warmer skies. But that seems to no longer apply today. An investigation by the US Geological Service (USGS) has recently determined that as much as 30 percent of species would now rather spend their... |
17 September 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed that it plans to release MotorStorm Arctic Edge on September 29. The game is only set to arrive on the PlayStation Portable handheld and there will be two versions on offer, one on the familiar UMD drive and another that can be downloaded by those who are interested in getting the PSP Go!, which is... |
1 September 2009
04:33 GMT |
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According to geological estimates, between 30 and 35 percent of the world's undiscovered oil deposits are found in the Arctic, alongside 13 percent of the globe's natural gas reserves. With the effects that global warming has on the North Pole, the ice barriers that once made it impossible to even consider ... |
29 May 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Yesterday morning, Alaska's Redoubt volcano erupted twice in the early hours, sending plumes of ash tens of thousands of feet up in the air. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) issued an ash warning for the region, saying that large amounts of razor-sharp ash had been released from the crater. Reaching some 65,... |
27 March 2009
04:38 GMT |
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Mount Redoubt, just 100 miles off Alaska's capital Anchorage, has erupted for the first time in 20 years, totaling a number of 6 blasts, spread out between Sunday evening and Monday evening. The dangerous eruptions have sent ash about 9 miles sky-high, and the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an ash ale... |
25 March 2009
06:52 GMT |
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A new survey of a 64-kilometer (40-mile) stretch of the Beaufort Sea, in Alaska, shows that soil erosion has nearly doubled in speed and intensity over the past five years, between 2002 and 2007. This discovery has numerous important implications, including the destruction of the natural habitat of the animals and th... |
19 February 2009
05:34 GMT |
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Recent NASA observations of the world's ice spreads, via the GRACE satellite system, show that the ice in all the major reserves, including Greenland, Antarctica, Alaska, and the Himalayas, is melting at an ever increasing speed. According to official estimates, over the past 5 years, more than 2 trillion tons o... |
16 December 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Some of the best locations on Earth to do that are Norway, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and not forget, Alaska. Basically, it is to be “captured” by everyone living above 60 degrees north latitude. The Northern Lights - or Aurora Borealis, as it is also called – is likely to occur mostly from S... |
10 December 2008
10:53 GMT |
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New studies show that, as soon as alcohol taxes are introduced in a country, the number of diseases associated with alcohol consumption significantly decreases, almost instantly. Beer, wine and other types of liquor account for conditions such as liver diseases and oral cancer, as well as alcohol poisoning. The curre... |
14 November 2008
02:31 GMT |
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The threat that melting glaciers pose is extremely high. If they collapse, the sea levels could rise several feet worldwide, leading to extensive flooding and the alternation of known shore lines. This means that cities such as New York, Tokyo and Bombay could be partially or totally flooded and millions of human liv... |
10 October 2008
07:10 GMT |
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Alaska surely isn't one of the mobile markets where handset manufacturers are dying to launch their products first. Therefore, the late launch of RIM's BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, BlackBerry Curve 8330 and BlackBerry Pearl 8130 in the Northern US state should not come as a surprise.The handset... |
16 September 2008
13:51 GMT |
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Motorola has just announced that their Q Smartphone will be available from now on in Alaska too. This is just one of the many expansions that Motorola has initiated lately.Concerning the new launching, Connie Dorman, director of marketing at ACS stated that "We are excited to give Alaskans the opportunity to become... |
16 May 2007
12:56 GMT |
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