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NEWS ABOUT: Bering Strait

Bering Strait stories: 3 news summaries

 Melting Ice Opens Arctic 
 to Trade, But US Lags 

Climate change opens north to shipping, tourism, resource development

Sep 6, 09 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change is melting away the main barrier to business in the Arctic—ice—but the US lags behind other countries seeking to exploit the region, the Anchorage Daily News reports. As receding ice opens the area to shipping, resource exploitation, and tourism, it's Russia and Canada who have established... More »

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climate change • Russia • Alaska • global warming • tourism • Canada • Arctic • Coast Guard • resources • shipping • Bering Strait • transport

 Fishing Banned 
 in Melting Arctic 

Federal panel moves to block trawlers from newly accessible waters

Feb 6, 09 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal panel has voted to block fishing trawlers from moving into a vast area of the Arctic Sea made newly accessible by melting ice, the New York Times reports. The move will protect 150,000 square nautical miles of US waters north of the Bering Strait while scientists assess... More »

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climate change • global warming • fishing • ice melt • Bering Strait • Arctic Sea • fishing ban • marine biology

9,300-Year-Old Bones Shouldn't Be Buried

Tribes' claims on skeleton inspire ire of  National Review editors

Oct 8, 07 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has made a two-word correction to federal law that jeopardizes the study of pre-Columbian history, National Review's editors argue. The 9,300-year-old bones known as Kennewick Man—featured on a Time cover after they were unearthed in 1996—are the subject of a dispute between... More »

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Native American • NAGPRA • Bering Strait • Kennewick Man • Senate Indian Affairs Committee

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