Alaska's glaciers are melting faster as rising global temperatures extend melt seasons, with radar data showing heatwaves and ice loss reshaping climate science.
Climate scientists are sounding the alarm after a stubborn Antarctic heat wave shattered the region's winter heat record.
Researchers traced new undersea ecosystems of soft coral, sea anemones, sponges, and more to large rocks and mineral deposits ferried by icebergs from dry land to the Arctic floor.
The California Air Resources Board is under pressure to stabilize the nascent market for carbon capture after the loss of federal grants, but critics say the proposed rules could incentivize risky projects.
First ever global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shows scale of hyphal systems that sustain plant life Our planet’s soils contain enough of the subterranean fungi that sustain plant life and help regulate the climate to stretch from the Earth to the sun almost three-quarters of a billion times, a groundbreaking new study has found. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are networks of tubular cells called hyphae that sustain life on Earth by forming critical partnerships with more than 70% of plants. The networks, which have been forming for about 475 million years, provide nutrients and water in exchange for the carbon produced by the plants, and help to regulate the climate by drawing carbon into soils. Continue reading...
Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region Temperatures in the Antarctic reached above 15C this month, shattering the previous winter heat record for the usually frozen region and raising concerns about the speed of climate breakdown. The new winter peak temperature was logged by the Argentinian Esperanza base on the Trinity peninsula on 6 June, amid a protracted heatwave, when the maximum daily temperature exceeded zero degrees for three consecutive weeks. Continue reading...
A team led by a geophysicist in Italy now believes that about 90% of Earth’s fresh water ice may not be on solid ground after all.
A mysterious geological structure that resembles a human hand with outstretched fingers has been revealed beneath East Antarctica. The discovery shows the frozen continent still hides many geological secrets.
Learn more about the treasure trove of evolutionary data uncovered from ancient Arctic ground squirrel droppings.
Daniel Crago says he feels ‘extremely lucky’ after encounter with bear at Glacier national park last month As the large roaring grizzly bear charged down at him from across a snow field in Montana and mauled him, hiker Daniel Crago had just enough time to put his arm up and think: “This is it.” But two weeks after that perilous, exceedingly rare encounter in Glacier national park, Crago, 32, is still alive, recovering after three surgeries and feeling “extremely lucky”, he said on Monday in an interview with ABC News . Continue reading...
PARIS (FRANCE) - Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major UN report warned Monday, with seas warming and rising faster, ice cover shrinking and marine ecosystems under mounting strain.
Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly started dropping due to a drastic reduction in sea ice extent.
Hong Kong ranks among the world’s largest data centre hubs but has a carbon footprint exceeding the global average, a United Nations think tank study has found, urging a responsible strategy to tackle the “unintended impacts” of using artificial intelligence (AI). The June report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health also quantified not only carbon but water and land footprints of electricity arising from the use of AI. The report is a call for using AI...
Iata boss Willie Walsh blames fuel suppliers, governments and aircraft makers, saying new ‘realistic timeline’ now needed Air fare rises ‘inevitable’ as airlines face extra $100bn jet fuel bill The aviation industry’s landmark pledges to be net zero by 2050 will probably not now be achieved, airline leaders have admitted. The collective goal to eliminate net carbon emissions was declared by global airlines only five years ago in 2021, with similar pledges made by national aviation industry leaders and governments, including in the UK, in 2020. Continue reading...
Daniel Crago, 32, detailed the May 28 incident on the crowdfunding website GoFundMe, where he is currently raising money for medical expenses.
A strategic Arctic sea route dubbed a potential 'chokehold' could become Vladimir Putin's latest weapon against the West.
Learn more about Stonehenge's Altar Stone and how further study supports the idea that glaciers did not move the stone to England; Neolithic people did.
MIT researchers present a promising new approach to efficient, flexible carbon capture and removal.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 11, 16 June 2026.
Stonehenge's most mysterious stone was transported hundreds of miles from Scotland by humans, according to a new study.
Learn how ancient DNA shows cave lions were a distinct evolutionary lineage from modern lions, yet still interbred with them after more than a million years apart as Ice Age climate brought them into contact.
For the first time, AWI researchers have performed a detailed calculation of the amount of carbon stored in permafrost in Arctic river deltas. In a new study in the journal Nature Communications, they point out the risks endangering the storage function of these highly sensitive landscapes due to rapid climate change.
A Japanese lawmaker’s claim that China has its eyes on “a treasure trove” of resource wealth hidden beneath the Antarctic ice sheet has been dismissed by a polar law expert as a misreading of international obligations. But the claims made in parliament by Mitsuhiro Yokota, a member of the Japan Innovation Party, have also raised questions about what might happen to the world’s last great wilderness in future. “Beneath Antarctica lies a treasure trove of oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore, gold and...
Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the trials found that this delayed melting in the summer
May 30, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend
Andy Williams, who lived a storied life flying among some of Canada's highest and most remote mountains and glaciers, died earlier this month. "He carried an old-school mountain pilot ethic — you know, no bravado, no drama, no ego," recalled one friend.
Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region’s glaciers experienced a massive loss of ice due to extreme heat
GENEVA - Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Nations warned on Thursday.
Months of disruption through the Strait of Hormuz have prompted a rethink of global supply chains, with South Korea now following China in pushing to commercialise the Arctic shipping route to Europe. South Korea aimed to open a regular route through the waters by 2030, following a trial voyage set to debut later this year, according to a broader maritime development plan released on Tuesday by Seoul’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. “To prepare for the Arctic shipping era approaching after...
West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises.
These ancient fish lineages survived mass extinctions, ice ages, and evolutionary upheaval.
University of Edinburgh scientists say declining Arctic sea ice is causing irreversible changes to the ocean food chain and marine ecosystem.
Scientists can now fine-tune metallic ‘ZIF’ glass for carbon storage and advanced sensors with the help of old-school glass additives.
The German-operated Neumayer Station III was battered by a violent blizzard back in January, resulting in a huge slab of ice and seven shipping containers drifting away into the Weddell Sea.
The Edmonton Valley Zoo has some new, very adorable residents in the Arctic wolf area.
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Explorers discovered an unknown island in Antarctica in what was long-misidentified as the "danger zone."
Canada will pump $816 million into maritime security over the next seven years to strengthen the coast guard's capabilities from the arctic to the southern coast lines, Defence Minister David McGuinty announced Friday.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 5, May 2026.
Ottawa didn't enforce the federal standard on Alberta's industrial carbon price as a gesture of co-operation with the province, Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin says.
The market for carbon credits has come under intense scrutiny in recent years after a series of projects were found to have exaggerated their climate benefits.
Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap of Mars captured by NASA’s Psyche mission after it made its close approach with the planet for a gravity assist. The image scale is around 0.7 miles per pixel (1.14 kilometers per pixel). The cap itself extends across more than 430 miles […]
Hong Kong should prioritise the adoption of hydrogen and related facilities such as refuelling stations for heavy vehicles at container terminals and other industrial areas to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, a think tank has said. Our Hong Kong Foundation set out nine recommendations in a policy research report released on Tuesday to advance hydrogen use, covering vehicle uptake, testing facilities, supply and governance. The report was unveiled at the three-day International Hydrogen...
Learn more about the newly identified species from the Arctic that were part of one of the longest living mammal groups on the planet.
The floating ice shelf of world’s widest glacier – Thwaites glacier in Antarctica – is detaching, with worrying implications for global sea-level rise
No country on Earth has adopted artificial intelligence faster than the United Arab Emirates – and the Middle Eastern cultural crossroad’s ambitions to become an AI bridge to the Global South just got another major leg up with the delivery of the latest, cutting-edge US-designed chips. But those ambitions are taking shape in a hostile environment. Amid the US-Israel war on Iran, Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has repeatedly taken aim at major Emirati data centres, developed in...
Wendy Hernandez Reyes left her child, Orlin Hernandez Reyes, in the care of her brother-in-law after she and her sister were taken into custody by ICE agents in January in Alabama.
In 1999, Pakistan's army, led by General Musharraf, infiltrated Kargil, aiming to sever India's vital National Highway-1A and seize the Siachen Glacier. Local shepherds alerted the Indian Army, which initially mistook intruders for terrorists. After a patrol led by Lt. Saurabh Kalia was captured and brutally killed, the full scale of the incursion became clear.
Scientists are drilling deep into East Antarctica for ancient ice. This ice holds air bubbles from Earth's past. The Beyond EPICA project aims to retrieve ice cores up to 1.5 million years old. This will reveal atmospheric changes before humans existed. The mission seeks to understand significant shifts in ice age cycles. This frozen archive holds vital climate secrets.
The environment minister has ordered the evacuation of the Marion Island overwintering team after shortages of fuel additives delayed the SA Agulhas II relief voyage to the remote sub-Antarctic base
Representing the longest continuous record of the Earth’s climate, the giant ice core may soon unlock some much-wanted data into Earth's climate history.
Learn how traces of a rare radioactive element preserved in Antarctic ice may show that the Solar System is currently passing through debris left behind by exploded stars.
A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over millennia, meaning higher CO2 emissions than assumed
New research suggests Earth’s longest ice age may have thawed repeatedly.
Carbon credits bought by companies to offset their emissions really have reduced deforestation, but not by as much as credit developers claim, according to a rigorous analysis
Learn how archaeologists discovered that Ice Age rhino teeth may have been used by Neanderthals to shape, sharpen, and repair stone tools.
Temperatures will be below the May average this week as colder air spreads in from the Arctic. Simon King explains what we should expect
Latest from the Ice… Welcome to the latest postcard from Rothera Research Station. We’re at the end of the season. Science at Rothera Research Station Did you know that the […] The post 10 May 2026: Postcard from Rothera Research Station appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Beneath the shining white glaciers of the Andean mountains lie valuable deposits of gold, copper and molybdenum which, until recently, were off-limits to the mining companies that have set their eyes on these untapped minerals. That could be about to change, after legislators in Argentina agreed to amend the Glacier Law that has prohibited all mining and exploration activities in the country’s glacier regions since 2010. The legislation defined the country’s 16,000 glaciers – covering an area of...
Researchers are developing AI agents capable of calculating a product’s carbon footprint in real time, potentially helping consumers make more sustainable purchasing decisions.
Exclusive A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’ Antarctica’s west coast is missing an area of winter sea ice the size of France, sparking concerns for threatened penguins other marine life and global sea levels. One expert said the loss of ice in the Bellingshausen Sea was “depressing” and the failure of ice to form could have intensified a heatwave over the continent’s peninsular last week that saw daytime temperatures peak at 15.4C which is more than 20C above average. Continue reading...
Grande is the latest in a series of pop musicians including Sabrina Carpenter and SZA who have been angered by Trump administration videos Ariana Grande has rebuked Donald Trump’s White House over use of her music in a video documenting the detaining of immigrants. Earlier this week, the White House posted a montage of ICE agents handcuffing and detaining people, with the caption “Bye-bye President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history”. It was soundtracked by Grande’s 2024 song Bye. Continue reading...
Prehistoric squirrel droppings were analyzed and found to contain genetic material of numerous ice-age beasts, plants, microbes and fungi.
The global weather event long feared to arrive this year is now active in the Pacific, sparking fears of its impact on the climate across the US.
The number of icebergs in the Arctic has increased sharply since the 2000s. This is due to the destabilisation of large glaciers in north-east Greenland and parts of the Russian Arctic as well as the increasing mobility of sea ice. The result: Stones rain down from the melting icebergs, forming new hard-substrate habitats for marine life on the soft seafloor. This gradually alters the existing communities in the deep sea. At the same time, the increasing presence of icebergs also poses greater risks to shipping and fisheries. These findings were reported by a research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the journal Nature.
Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
Ice splintered off the southern Patagonia glacier and drifted across a growing glacial lake.
Learn how likely new Arctic deep-sea species could help researchers map fragile sponge gardens and hydrothermal vents before mining plans return.
Azat Miftakhov's recent transfer to a notorious Arctic prison — and the alleged torture he has faced — have left supporters fearing for his life.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Two are dead after a snowmobile went through the ice Saturday, according to an RCMP release. A youth who survived walked 12 kilometres into town to report the incident.
As the 2025/26 Antarctic construction season comes to an end, we look back at our collaborative efforts and achievements. The post Rothera Research Station’s construction season upgrades safeguard future polar science appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
A San Diego man said he felt lucky to be alive and recovering at home this week after surviving a grizzly bear attack at Glacier National Park on May 28.
Asia-Pacific is expected to drive global retail sales over the next five years, even as the Middle East conflict is hurting consumer confidence, according to business analysts. The war could continue to weigh on consumer and business sentiment for now due to higher energy prices and supply chain disruption, Anand Ramanathan, Deloitte Asia-Pacific’s retail and consumer products sector leader, said in an interview. “As borrowing costs rise and financial conditions tighten, consumers and businesses...
Ron Wyden tells of ‘grave concerns’ over plan, first revealed by Guardian, to hold families at sprawling Louisiana facility The ranking member on the US Senate’s influential finance committee has demanded transparency over a proposed “first-of-its-kind” ICE family and child detention center in Alexandria, Louisiana, citing reporting by the Guardian that first revealed the Trump administration’s plans in March. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, has written to the project’s contractors and to the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] expressing concerns over conflicts of interest, environmental contamination , and “the absence of a public process” in the center’s planning. Continue reading...
A new study on Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf has revealed that surface melting and seawater infiltration can have dramatically different effects on the structural strength of floating ice shelves. The post New study provides clues to predicting iceberg calving appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
A glacier could have carried the giant sandstone at the centre of Stonehenge southwards from north-east Scotland, but this scenario appears unlikely
Open access notables Historical Volcanic Eruptions Mitigated the Expected Rapid Arctic Sea Ice Decline Prior to 2000 , Wang et al., Geophysical Research Letters Arctic sea ice has declined at sharply contrasting rates over the past four decades—modest before 2000 and rapid thereafter. Using observational and model evidence, we show that large tropical volcanic eruptions can trigger decade-long Arctic sea ice recoveries, and that without the 1982 El Chichón and 1991 Pinatubo eruptions, Arctic sea ice would have declined approximately 1.5 times faster before 2000. We further show a model's sensitivity to volcanic aerosol forcing scales with its sensitivity to GHG forcing across CMIP6 models, offering a new strategy to identify models with realistic climate...
Deaths have spiked during the long migration to the Arctic Ocean, which experts believe is tied to food shortages in a warming region.
The financial infusion will help the Memphis-area facility triple its carbon removal capacity.
The inclusion of carbon credits from foreign jurisdictions, Wopke Hoekstra explained, could be part of allowing more allowances into the “2040 framework” especially from countries in emerging markets.
The 4th UArctic congress on the Faroe islands finished with the message that the Arctic Council is still alive. It has overcome recent setbacks with difficulties concerning two of its member states, Russia and the US. The Arctic Council represents 8 nations together with indigenous peoples and has observers from around the world, and this […] The post “The Arctic Council is not dead” first appeared on RealClimate.
Dr Robert Larter, marine geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey, warns that the shelf's breakup is 'very likely to happen sometime this year'.
Rising heat in Saudi Arabia threatens millions of Muslim pilgrims – but cutting fossil fuels would keep it safer Global heating has “fundamentally altered” the climate of Mecca and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in months outside summer, new analysis has found. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels means scorching temperatures of 40C (104F) are now regularly experienced in May, the study showed. In past decades, such peaks would only have occurred in summer. The researchers said that hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, would take place amid dangerous heat almost all year round by the end of the century without a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. Continue reading...
What’s Carol Vorderman moaning about? All I said was how fit she was … must be going through the menopause or something Another sweltering sub-Saharan summer’s day in late spring. If this is global warming, I say: “Bring it on.” I go outside to the van, turn on the engine and leave it running. This is the kind of day you want to burn as many fossil fuels as possible. Back indoors, I turn on the radio where Tony Blair is talking . There’s a politician who talks sense. Bollocks to net zero. That’s what I say. It stands to reason. I mean, think back to the ice age. Let’s face it, there weren’t that many international flights a day while the Neanderthals were alive – five or six at most – and the world still got a whole lot hotter. So it’s all just woke nonsense. Make a note in my diary to ask...
Researchers have warned that the Thwaites Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world, is about to lose its eastern ice shelf. We spoke to marine geophysicist Robert Larter about what this means for the "Doomsday Glacier."
From Kenya's Tree of Life to a Svalbard glacier, these stunning photos are taken from a new book by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, whose The Earth From Above was a smash hit 25 years ago
Mark Carney announces purchase of Saab’s GlobalEye early warning aircraft to patrol Arctic territory Canada has announced plans to buy a fleet of early warning planes from Sweden’s Saab rather than a competing option from Boeing, as the country seeks to reduce reliance on US defense firms. Mark Carney, the prime minister, said on Wednesday that Canada would opt for Saab’s GlobalEye, which is based on Bombardier’s Global 6500 jet. Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail plane – which has suffered from delays and cost overruns – had also been in contention. Continue reading...
China is seeking to expand its influence over the future of the global auto industry through a sweeping regulatory blueprint covering core technologies ranging from vehicle chips, AI and batteries to autonomous driving and low-carbon development. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Tuesday released its 2026 work plan on automotive standardisation, outlining measures to tighten technical requirements as part of efforts to reinforce China’s dominance in electric vehicles (EVs)...
Puncak Jaya in Indonesia is one of the last equatorial mountains with glaciers but the ice has retreated drastically because of the climate crisis. Project Pressure came to the mountain to create the first 3D model of the remaining ice before it disappears ‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s eternity glaciers Continue reading...
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program mission designed to detect the most energetic particles in the universe.
The remains of sailors who died on an Arctic expedition are identified by researchers.
Protesters and ICE agents clashed Monday in New Jersey amid escalating tensions at a facility where detainees say they're on a hunger strike.
La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years Los Angeles is known for famous museum such as the Getty and the Lacma, but perhaps fewer people are aware that – in the heart of the city – lies a museum that contains one of the world’s most remarkable fossil sites. The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum is home to the remains of more than 2 million ice age flora and fauna, including mastodons and saber-toothed cats, that became trapped in oily pools that still bubble up today. Continue reading...
Seeking to reassure U.S. allies, a bipartisan group of senators is departing for a tour of Arctic nations. And this time they're leaving the men behind.
RCMP said the victim, who had been snowboarding with two friends, was a 38-year-old man who was a citizen of the Czech Republic but lived in Revelstoke, B.C.
Carney was in Vancouver to meet with David Eby and B.C. business leaders days after signing an energy agreement with Alberta that included a reduced carbon price.
Peatlands lock away climate-warming carbon, so preserving them is critical to the planet’s future. The post The overlooked ecosystems that hold massive carbon stores appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Norwegian authorities on Tuesday announced that bird flu has been documented in a polar bear for the first time in Europe, in the Svalbard region in the Arctic. The H5N5 variant of the virus was detected in samples taken from a male bear about one year old and a walrus found dead in mid-May on the icy archipelago, around 1,000km (600 miles) from the North Pole, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute said. “The results are part of a trend in which highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses are...
In ancient China, summer heat could be deadly long before the advent of air conditioning. To survive it, people resorted to remedies ranging from imperial ice sculptures and water-powered fans to the more carefree practice of dressing minimally. One of the most devastating examples occurred during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), when an extreme heatwave swept across northern China. Lacking modern weather stations, officials documented the disaster through...
Economists and traders predict that unless the war ends, another spike in energy prices, broader fuel rationing, industrial shutdowns and a sharp slowdown in global growth could hit by June
Temperatures in France and England could rise by 15C, while hot air could to give way to snow in parts of US After a prolonged spell of cool conditions across much of Europe, a dramatic swing in temperatures is expected in the coming days as warmer air surges north into western and central parts of the continent. A large blocking high over the North Atlantic and slow-moving low pressure across southern Scandinavia dragged Arctic air southwards last week, sending temperatures 10-15C below the seasonal average for more than a week. Continue reading...
Scientists have identified the Yarrabubba impact crater in Western Australia as the Earth's oldest, dating back 2.229 billion years. This ancient collision, occurring when Earth was covered in ice, may have released massive amounts of water vapour, potentially ending a global ice age. The discovery offers crucial insights into early Earth's climate history.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 10, 28 May 2026.
After 183 days in the Antarctic, the research vessel Polarstern returned to its home port today, 15 May. She was welcomed in Bremerhaven in the presence of Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär and the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Hajo Eicken. From its voyage, the Polarstern is bringing back important findings on the causes of the recent sea ice retreat in the Antarctic and its repercussions.
In 2015, after decades of relative stability, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly began to disappear. Sea ice extent reached a record low in 2023, and scientists have now figured out what happened in that period.
A proposal to make it harder to sue companies for “carbon neutral” claims if they used verified carbon offset projects stalled in the California Assembly.
As this year's Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting begins, a major new analysis has confirmed British Antarctic Survey as the world’s leading centre for Antarctic and Southern Ocean research. The post Top marks for UK science as governments convene for Antarctic conference appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
[Leadership] A recent study by a Nigerian student, Ololade Temitope Oduneye, has identified cement as the construction sector's biggest carbon problem, highlighting a range of greener alternatives that could significantly reduce emissions across the industry.
The move sets up a fight with the United States, which opposes carbon pricing.
The U.K. launched its own carbon market following Brexit, which has traded at a discount to the EU equivalent.
Data from missions showing critically low snowpack on mountains across the west raises alarm among experts High above the jagged peaks of California’s Sierra Nevada, the view from the cockpit is breathtaking. At first glance, the mountains appear draped in a pristine white blanket. But as the flight crew gears up for a high-stakes mission, the sensors onboard this specialized aircraft prove that looks can be deceiving. “This is a distinct dry year,” says Tom Painter, CEO of Airborne Snow Observatories. Continue reading...
Anthony Pollio, 33, was found dead on Wednesday after being mauled by a bear at Glacier National Park. Pollio's death marks the first fatal bear attack in Montana since 1998.
In 2016, the Kaskawulsh Glacier retreated and the Slims River was reduced to a trickle. The waterway was dramatically rerouted south, to the Kaskawulsh River. Since, all that water has flowed into the Alsek, emptying into the Pacific. That could be dealing a blow to Kluane chum salmon.