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China may add a 'nuclear element' to the disputes in the South China Sea, the Pentagon is warning
"China sees securing the ability to develop marine nuclear tech as a manifestation of its maritime …
Christopher Woody
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The US Army put on a sudden show of force out on the far edge of Alaska to send the message it can as Russia and China drill in the Pacific
The 11th Airborne Division deployed artillery and over 130 soldiers to the far tip of Alaska as US …
Chris Panella
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Alaska cancels snow crab fishing for a year after the population mysteriously collapsed
Snow crab babies were booming across the Bering Sea a few years ago, but an unexpected population c…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A tiny, remote village in Alaska is mourning the death of a mother and baby in a rare polar-bear attack
A polar bear killed a mother and baby in Wales, Alaska, in the first fatal polar-bear attack in mor…
Bethany Dawson
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Fishing startups are making the industry more sustainable by repelling bycatch, recycling nets, and tackling dredging — but they need more cash to stay afloat
Startups working at the intersection of climate and traditional fishing have cited a gap in funding…
Tasmin Lockwood
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Humans arrived in North America at least 15,000 years earlier than we thought, discoveries show — which suggests they came by boat
When and how the first people arrived in North America is up for debate. New studies suggest the co…
Aylin Woodward
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With Russia keeping watch, US Navy subs ventured back to the high north to train where there's 'no safe haven'
Navy subs have decades of experience in the Arctic, but the challenging region has new importance a…
Christopher Woody
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The world's largest shipping company is launching an Arctic route - and it's a worrying sign for the future of the planet
The first container ship to tackle an Arctic route along Russia's north coast has left the Russia…
Michael Selby-Green,Michael S…
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Russia is gearing up for its biggest war game since the Cold War - here's what Moscow says is planned
Mongolia is also participating for the first time, and contingents from there and China are "comple…
Christopher Woody
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Russia is going to deploy a division of troops about 50 miles from the US
Shoigu said the deployment was "to ensure control of the closed sea zones of the Kuril Islands and …
Alex Lockie
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These are the best science images of the week
Scientists also discovered the closest rocky Earth-sized exoplanet ever, and the smog in China reac…
Rebecca Harrington
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Russia is finding new islands in the Arctic, while the US is still trying to figure out how to get up there
"They were in the midst of making final selection on proposals to directly address this very topic …
Christopher Woody
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Incredible Images Of Huge Algae Blooms Off The Alaskan Coast
NASA MODIS image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Astronaut photographs ISS040-E-1280…
NASA Earth Observatory
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A new study reveals how the last woolly mammoths died out 4,000 years ago. That's after the Egyptians had built the pyramids.
A previous study found that the mammoth inhabitants on the other similarly isolated island of St. P…
Aylin Woodward
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Watch A Huge Squid Attack A Submarine
The squid's two most famous features are front and center in the video: its long arms, covered in s…
Chelsea Harvey
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Russian reconnaissance planes were intercepted by US and Canadian fighters as they lurked over a submarine exercise in the Arctic
Alaska already hosts US military bases, including Eielson Air Force Base, which will receive two sq…
Christopher Woody
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The Pentagon is monitoring Chinese navy ships off the coast of Alaska
The presence of the ships so far from the Chinese coast reflects Beijing's goal of having a militar…
Jeremy Bender
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Russia wants to bring back a weird Soviet-era 'flying boat' to gain an edge in the Arctic, but it may never take off
In October last year, media reports indicated Russia's navy had its eyes on a 600-ton ekranoplan, c…
Christopher Woody
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These hybrid animals will be created because of climate change
Elin Pierce, a writer and editor with a Ph.D. in biology, helped to hypothesize what features the h…
Dina Spector
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Russia's navy is already flying to new bases in the Arctic to counter foreign threats above and below the ice
In addition comes the bases on Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya and the New Siberian Island. New bas…