Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 24
A New Idea to Save the #AMOC? Dam the #BeringStrait.
Blocking the narrow waterway between #Russia and #Alaska could help stabilize a vulnerable system of #ocean currents, scientists found.
In a study published on Friday in the journal Science Advances, the researchers show that, under certain conditions, such a #dam could prevent a collapse of a network of ocean currents, known as the AMOC, that plays a central role in regulating #Earth’s #climate.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb7887
#OpenAccess
RailpageOct 20, 2025
‘USA and Russia started researching Bering Strait tunnel six months ago’ http://dlvr.it/TNn3z5 #AsiaEurope #BeringStrait #Putin #RailNews
colelind at KillBaitOct 18, 2025

Feasibility Study Underway for Proposed Russia-US Tunnel Under Bering Strait

Kirill Dmitriev, Russia's investment envoy, revealed that a feasibility study for a tunnel connecting Russia and the US under the Bering Strait started six months ago. The tunnel, proposed as a 'Putin-Trump' rail link, would connect Russia's Chukotka region with Alaska, symbolizing unity between the... [More info]

Education & KnowledgeJul 7, 2025

The Distance Between the US and Russia is Less Than You Think 🇺🇸 Diomede Islands📍

https://tube.blueben.net/w/gVvyLvLaHVQzBg1ht5tGtK

The Distance Between the US and Russia is Less Than You Think 🇺🇸 Diomede Islands📍

PeerTube
anilmcJun 21, 2025

Yes, sure, #oil. But also control of #shipping #chokepoints are the strategic assets being contested.

#StraitOfHormuz
#SuezCanal
#PanamaCanal
#StraitOfGibraltar
#StraitofMalacca
#BabEelMandeb
#CapeOfGoodHope
#BeringStrait

💧🌏 Greg CocksJul 15, 2024
The Detection Of A Massive Harmful Algal Bloom In The Arctic Prompts Real-Time Advisories To Western Alaskan Communities
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https://phys.org/news/2024-07-massive-algal-bloom-arctic-prompts.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10421 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #sampling #publichealth #ecosystem #habitat #climatechange #harmful #agalbloom #HAB #polar #marine #healthimpacts #toxins #Arctic #water #hydrospatial #sampling #model #modeling #BeringStrait #magnitude #scale #density #toxicity #coast #coastal #remote #communities #FirstNation #risk #hazard #response #monitoring #hazardassessment #communication #realtime #advisories #Alaska #WesternAlaska #maritime #subsistence #harvest #fisheries #tracking #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #WHOI #PST #algae #foodchain #foodweb #mortality #impacts #subsidence #eventresponse #waterquality
The detection of a massive harmful algal bloom in the Arctic prompts real-time advisories to western Alaskan communities

In the summer of 2022, a research cruise detected a massive harmful algal bloom (HAB) in the Bering Strait region of western Alaska. This expedition provided a dramatic example of science utilizing new technology to track a neurotoxic HAB, and effectively communicate information that protects remote coastal communities in real-time.

Phys.org
Eric Maugendre about carbonMay 2, 2024

“Commercial whaling did not cease because the market recoiled from devouring the future of an entire species […]
Bowheads avoided extinction not because a new space opened in the accounting ledger to tally their worth alive. They survived because, in the world outside the strait, they ceased to have value at all.”

Bathsheba Demuth, Floating Coast, p.68

#Frontier #BeringStrait #Alaska #fishing #extractivism #extinction #ecology #environment #envHist #whales #conservation #capitalism #bookStodon

Yereth RosenJul 20, 2023
There is currently no graphite production in the US, and this site north of Nome in the Bering Strait region is the largest known graphite deposit. If it is developed, it would be a big user of the Port of Nome, where a big upgrade is planned. Graphite is a critical mineral used in lithium ion batteries and other products. #Alaska #criticalminerals #BeringStrait #Nome
https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/department-of-defense-citing-critical-mineral-needs-boosts-nome-area-graphite-mining-project/
Department of Defense, citing critical mineral needs, boosts Nome-area graphite mining project - Alaska Beacon

A $37.5 million grant will be used to produce a feasility study on a proposed mine that will tap into the nation's largest graphite deposit.

Alaska Beacon
Yereth RosenApr 12, 2023
Yes, you can see Russia from parts of Alaska! Relations are very strained, but there is still some communication across the Bering Strait.(From last week.) #Alaska #BeringStrait
https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/04/03/despite-russias-post-invasion-isolation-some-narrow-openings-for-arctic-cooperation-remain/
Despite Russia’s post-invasion isolation, some narrow openings for Arctic cooperation remain - Alaska Beacon

Relations with Russia are now poor, but some communication is necessary, say participants at an Arctic conference in Anchorage.

Alaska Beacon
MaggieApr 2, 2023

Great story of the weekend. Souts save Airmen on isolated island in the Bering Sea - finally get recognition!! #alaska #scout #Yupik #BeringStrait #rescue #heroes @TheGuardian @ShannyGasm

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/alaska-native-scouts-honored-67-years-after-rescuing-navy-crew/

Alaska Native Scouts honored 67 years after rescuing Navy crew | Juneau Empire

“I’m glad we did our duty as a guardsman.”

Juneau Empire