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January 10, 2025
Today is the official national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. He died Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100. Carter protected almost half of the land area (43 percent) of this giant state, with multiple new national conservation units, including parks, wildlife refuges and monuments.
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January 06, 2025
Fifty-three years ago, an Army helicopter pilot flying over a tundra plateau saw a group of caribou. Thinking something looked weird, he circled for a closer look. The animals, dozens of them, were dead.
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Ancient beavers, sea floor bumps, thick air
December 20, 2024
It's time to start emptying the notebook following the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, where more than 25,000 scientists shared their work during five days.
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More familiar news of the North
December 13, 2024
I am once again elbow to elbow with thousands of scientists, at a meeting I first attended 25 years ago.
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