Marine Science Symposium – LIVEBLOG – Thursday
The Alaska Marine Science Symposium is being covered by APRN contributor Steve Heimel. 5:15 p.m. It’s over. The Symposium concluded with the presentation of awards for the best student presentations...
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A brief introduction to the Alaska Marine Science Symposium by liveblogger Steve Heimel, who will be bringing Alaska Public Media live coverage through Thursday, Jan. 28. 5 p.m. — International...
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Marine Science Symposium – LIVEBLOG – Sunday
A brief introduction to the Alaska Marine Science Symposium by liveblogger Steve Heimel, who will be bringing Alaska Public Media live coverage through Thursday, Jan. 28. Bird researcher George...
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Alaska Marine Science Symposium
Harbor seals rest on ice near South Sawyer Glacier in 2007. (Photo courtesy NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center) The climate changes that have swept through Alaska are now being reflected in our...
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Annual statewide holiday greetings show
On this year’s statewide holiday greetings show we had a total of 69 calls from 31 communities. It’s a unique moment in broadcasting, and it only happens once a year in Alaska. If you ever doubted...
View ArticleThe 2015 Anchorage International Film Festival
It’s the dead of winter, and that means it’s time to light up the movie screens of Alaska for the Anchorage International Film Festival, followed by the “best of the fest” tour state-wide. Will that...
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Remapping Alaska
A new mapping effort across Alaska has just crossed its half-way point. Image from Bing Maps. Flying blind. No Alaska pilot wants to, but sometimes it happens. And sometimes it’s not on an established...
View ArticleSteve Heimel and Historical Context for APRN
Steve Heimel has been a fixture of the APRN system since its inception. After more than three decades of dedicated service to news, Steve is leaving the network for other challenges. From covering the...
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Corridors Past and Future
Historic Iditarod trail map. (Map via BLM) The Iditarod Trail began as a mail route and became a protected corridor and recreational resource. Even if climate change puts an end to its use by dog...
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Our Own Geological Era
What if what we call the natural world no longer really exists, and we live already in a world of our own creation? There is growing evidence that human activity has triggered a new geological era....
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Ocean Acidification And How It Affects Alaska’s Fisheries
Individual components of the final ocean acidification risk index for each census area showing the communities with the highest risk are in the Southeast and Southwest of the state. (Credit: NOAA)...
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Is An Ambitious Arctic Agenda Economically Viable?
(USGS photo) An ambitious set of priorities has been put together for the American chairmanship of the Arctic Council that begins this year, but neither the federal government nor the state has much...
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How Much Debris Litters Alaska’s Beaches?
Crushed plastic debris on beach at Patton Bay, Montague Island. (Photo courtesy Chris Pallister) Thanks to funding from the government of Japan, plans are being made to pick up hundreds of tons of...
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Lack of Customers Puts CIRI Wind Farm Plans On Hold
Cook Inlet Region Incorporated has put the second phase of its Fire Island wind farm on hold because of a lack of customers. Download Audio A plan that once envisioned 33 turbines on the island west of...
View ArticlePlastic in the Ocean
Birds are now turning up dead on remote beaches with stomachs full of plastic. Certain areas of Alaska’s remote coast are now littered with debris that was carried there by ocean currents. Not only is...
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Western Aleutian Steller Sea Lions Potentially Falling Prey To Sleeper Sharks
(Photo courtesy Bruce Wright, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) There has been plenty of money spent trying to figure out why the sea lion population in the Western Aleutians is not recovering....
View ArticleAPD Responds To Shooting Death
Early Tuesday morning Anchorage police responded to a fatal shooting at an apartment complex at East 41st Court. Two people were shot, a man and a woman. The man was dead on the scene. No arrests yet....
View ArticleIndependent Generation of Electricity
It’s power politics of an electrifying kind. What should the rules be for selling independently generated power to utilities, who have borrowed money and invested heavily to assure reliability for...
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Implementing Marijuana Regulation in Alaska
Voters approved the legal the production, sale and use of marijuana for Alaskans over 21 years old in the November election. (Creative Commons photo by Brett Levin) With a simple vote of the people,...
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Food To Schools From Farms
Click for more information about growing your area’s Farm to School program. A national effort to bring fresh food from farms to schools has resulted in $385 million in purchases for school lunches and...
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