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What 35,000 Beached Walruses Tell Us About Climate Change and the State of Our Planet

ByKyle W. Bell

Federal biologists have discovered an unusual phenomenon on a beach in northwest Alaska: a massive gathering of walruses—35,000 of them—crowded onto a small strip of shore. This swarm, which was sighted in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aerial survey on Saturday, is a direct result of a warming climate and declining sea ice, say…

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Exxon Mobil Begins Drilling Russia’s Arctic Waters in Spite of Sanctions

ByKyle W. Bell

Despite increasing western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, Exxon Mobil has begun drilling their first well in Russia’s pristine Arctic territory on Saturday. “Today, commercial success is driven by efficient international cooperation,” Reuters reported Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on a video conference with Glenn Waller, ExxonMobil’s lead manager in Russia,…