Bering

Bering Sea ‘has less ice than at any time in the last 5,500 years’

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The Bering Sea in the Northern Pacific Ocean has less ice than at any time in the last 5,500 years due to climate change, a new study shows. Analysis of vegetation from St Matthew Island off the coast of Alaska shows sea ice in the region was last this low at the end of the … Read more

Russia holds major war games in the Bering Sea near Alaska

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The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times.  Russia‘s navy chief, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, said that more than 50 warships and about 40 aircraft were taking part in the exercise in the Bering Sea, … Read more