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Interacting Climate Drivers Are Reshaping Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta

By Olivia Equinoa | 7 October 2025

The Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) in western Alaska is one of the world’s most important wetlands for migratory birds and home to the largest Indigenous population in the U.S. Arctic. New…

Where have the salmon gone and what can be done?

By Athena Copenhaver | 17 July 2025

SEARCH has published a new peer-reviewed policy brief in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (AAAR), emphasizing the escalating food security crisis in Yukon River communities of Alaska and Canada where…

Reading Group Explores Global “Must-Haves”

By Imane Darkaoui | 20 December 2024

SEARCH’s reading group has re-invigorated its sessions, kicking off with a vibrant discussion of the paper “Accelerating Transformations for a Just, Sustainable Future: 10 Must Haves” on November 26th. Conceptualized…

Hunters’ Access to Walrus in the Changing Arctic

By Alex Shahbazi | 5 September 2024

For Indigenous communities in the Western Arctic’s Bering and Chukchi seas, Pacific walrus stand as integral components to cultural and nutritional well being. As sea ice conditions continue to change,…

From the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico

By Alex Shahbazi | 20 August 2024

Building on decades of marine ecology and environmental leadership experience, SEARCH co-Principal Investigator Francis Wiese is starting a new position as Senior Scholar at the National Academies of Sciences (NAS).…