June 30, 2015, was the first “Asteroid Day,” when “people from around the world come ... In December 2018, an event with 40% of the energy release of Chelyabinsk took place over the Bering Sea, ...

A warming Bering Sea kept ice away from this Alaskan island — leading to the closure of a crab processing plant and fraying of the community.

The modern eastern Bering Sea (EBS) survey encompasses 376 sampling stations; the northern Bering Sea has also been sampled regularly since 2017, ... While the survey design attempts to maintain a ...

The study is based on annual observations at 13 key bird colonies in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea, sites that have been monitored for half a century. Annual monitoring is done by the Fish and ...

During the last Ice Age, modern-day Siberia and Alaska were connected by a landmass that allowed animals—and ancient humans—to migrate across what is now the Bering Sea.

A pivotal history of Earth lies submerged beneath the Bering Sea. ... Agile, though at times drenched, humans could have skirted ponds and bogs as they slogged westward towards modern-day Alaska.

Norton Sound, part of the Northern Bering Sea, is seen from the outskirts of Nome on Sept. 30, 2020. Record-low winter ice in 2018, followed by near-record low ice in 2019, shocked the Northern ...

The Top 10 Roughest Seas Traveled by Cruise Ships 1. The Drake Passage. Location: Between Argentina and Antarctica While it is not technically a sea, the Drake Passage, is one of the world’s ...

The Bering sea, near the chain of the Aleutian Islands, is one of the most intense patches of ocean on Earth. Strong winds, freezing temperatures, and icy water are normal conditions.

The Bering Sea is the only known location of the Steller’s Sea Cow. ©T. Keith, U.S. Geological Survey / This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that ...

In 1741, captain vitus jonassen bering (1681–1741), an explorer and officer in the Russian Navy, on orders from Peter the Great, led an expedition to map the Alaskan coast.

To maintain operations, the 341-foot vessel can produce 600 metric tons of fresh water each day through a membrane process that separates the salt from the Bering Sea. Incinerators have been ...