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Portage Glacier (right), Burns Glacier (center), and Shakespeare Glacier (left) in Southcentral Alaska, seen from the air. (USGS, Alaska Science Center/)
In the darkness beneath glaciers, which range in thickness from less than a quarter mile to a full mile deep (or more), microbes cannot depend on sunlight for energy. Instead,
https://wildlife.org/energy-development-in-alaska-reserves-moves-forward/The Bureau of Land Management officially opened more of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and gas development earlier this month, releasing the final Integrated Activity Plan for the reserve. Under the new plan, 82% […]
https://climatecrocks.com/2021/01/15/under-antarctic-ice-lakes-ebb-and-flow/ThwaitesGlacier.org: Hidden from view by ice kilometres thick, there is a vast network of lakes and streams under the Antarctic ice sheet. Using a decade of altimetry data from European Space Agency’s (ESA) CryoSat satellite, […]
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/531487-epa-declines-to-tighten-air-quality-standard-for-smogThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday declined to tighten air quality standards for smog, despite calls from environmental and health advocates for a stricter standard. The EPA finalized its decision to retain the Obama-era air… […]
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