Lifelong chemical records stored in the canine teeth of an elusive group of seals show that the seals remain in freshwater their entire lives and are likely a distinct population …read more Source:: Science
Tag: Alaska
Continued sea-level rise on East and Gulf coasts detailed
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•Interactive plots provide annual sea-level projections to 2050 for 32 localities along the US coastline from Maine to Alaska. …read more Source:: Science
‘Outdated’ management plan increases risks to Alaska’s large carnivores
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•Alaskan wildlife management that prioritizes reducing bear and wolf populations so hunters can kill more moose, caribou and deer is both backward and lacks scientific monitoring. …read more Source:: Science
Spear point study offers new explanation of how early humans settled North America
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•Careful examination of numerous fluted spear points found in Alaska and western Canada prove that the Ice Age peopling of the Americas was much more complex than previously believed. …read more Source:: Science
Reconstructing an ancient lethal weapon
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•Researchers have reconstructed prehistoric projectiles and points from ancient sites in what is now Alaska and studied the qualities that would make for a lethal hunting weapon. By examining and …read more Source:: Science
High tsunami danger in Alaska, perhaps elsewhere
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•Scientists probing under the seafloor off Alaska have mapped a geologic structure that they say signals potential for a major tsunami in an area that normally would be considered benign. …read more Source:: Science
Ancient babies boost Bering land bridge layover
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•Scientists deciphered maternal genetic material from two babies buried together in Alaska 11,500 years ago. They found the infants had different mothers and were the northernmost known kin to two …read more Source:: Science