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Harnessing People Power to Protect Alaska's Last Remaining Wilderness

Breanna Draxler

January 27, 2021 |

Yes! Magazine |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alaska

A viral campaign from Indigenous activists, TikTok creators, and documentary filmmakers led to about 6.3 million letters being sent to federal agencies encouraging them to halt fossil fuel development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. They created social media content and a toolkit for creators to use on their platforms that made it easy for the message to spread.

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The daring plan to save the Arctic ice with glass

Katarina Zimmer

September 23, 2020 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minnesota

The nonprofit Arctic Ice Project is testing an unusual approach to combat climate change: by scattering a thin layer of reflective glass powder over parts of the Arctic. By putting this material on top of the ice, they’re studying if the powder can protect the ice during the summer months and rebuild it over time. In one pond in Minnesota, just a few layers of the material made young ice 20 percent more reflective and delayed the melting of the ice. Other scientists question the impact the material can have on the Arctic ecosystem, but the approach could be a way to counteract the effects of global warming.

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Can we harness the Arctic's methane for energy?

Amy Yee

September 01, 2020 |

Arctic Today |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

Alternative energy systems in Africa could help inform how to trap methane in the Arctic. Due to permafrost thawing and glaciers melting, methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, is leaking into the atmosphere. In Rwanda, a lake-based methane power plant extracts methane from the water and turns it into electricity. But questions remain about how similar systems and infrastructure could work in the Arctic landscape.

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How COVID-19 and the fight against Big Oil is reviving one Alaskan people's spiritual traditions

Daysha Eaton

May 30, 2020 |

Religion News Service |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alaska

To the Gwich’in Athabascan people living inside the Arctic Circle in Alaska, the decades-long fight against oil drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) represents more than an environmental struggle: It has sparked a spiritual and cultural renaissance among indigenous people whose customs had been discouraged since colonial days. Young Gwich’in have worked to revive their language, self-sufficiency, and traditional arts and crafts. The COVID-19 pandemic has only deepened their commit to respond to threats to their way of life.

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As Polar Bear Attacks Increase in Warming Arctic, a Search for Solutions

Gloria Dickie

December 19, 2018 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Churchill, Manitoba

As sea ice melts, polar bears in the Arctic spend increasingly more time on land, leading to dangerous conflicts with people. While Inuit communities and conservationists are at odds on how to manage the bears, researchers are developing technologies to reduce fatal conflicts. Patrols and the use of BEARDAR, a radar system that spots the animals on the landscape, have shown some promise.

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Subsistence hunters adapt to a warming Alaska with new tools

Zachariah Hughes

February 22, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Shishmaref, Alaska

Adapting to climate change means making pragmatic choices for subsistence hunters. In Alaska, island communities in the Bering Strait are changing the way they secure food for their families. Where once hunters had largely relied on marine mammals for their diets, today, musk oxen and caribou make up a larger part of the local diet. Hunters are also learning to adapt to changing ice conditions by using drones to monitor large areas.

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Maine looks north, hoping to become a gateway to the Arctic

Henry Gass

December 27, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

The state of Maine has been feeling the negative effects of climate change including the rising sea waters. Businesses have decided to make the best of it and do it in an environmentally sound and sustainable way. They have sought out new fisheries, renewable power, and trade distributions through the Arctic.

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Poaching Leaves Elephant Daughters in Charge

Amy Yee

July 04, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

It's not just poaching that is changing the landscape of the elephant kingdom, it's human's actions in general. In an attempt to understand the geographical needs of elephants, scientists are arming the species with radio collars to track movements in hopes of impacting conversations around land use and development.

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