Emily Schwing is a multimedia reporter and aspiring photographer based in Alaska. She has covered a myriad of topics in the Arctic, ranging from natural resource development to walrus skin boat racing and everything in between. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/emily-schwing/rss en Arctic Blue Economy Fri, 26 May 2017 07:38:51 +0000 Emily Schwing https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/05/26/tiny-aleutian-island-has-big-dreams-for-a-deepwater-port https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/05/26/tiny-aleutian-island-has-big-dreams-for-a-deepwater-port Adak Island’s population dwindled after a U.S. Navy base shut down in the 1990s. Residents who remain are holding out hope that a new economy can be built on shipping traffic as Arctic ice melts. Northern People & Health Thu, 11 May 2017 07:00:23 +0000 Emily Schwing https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/05/11/slushy-springs-may-make-western-alaskas-prized-condiment-more-scarce https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/05/11/slushy-springs-may-make-western-alaskas-prized-condiment-more-scarce Some residents along Alaska’s coast say it’s becoming tougher to obtain seal oil – not for lack of seals, but due to changing ice conditions and the fact that fewer young people are going hunting. Economy Environment Northern People & Health Thu, 23 Mar 2017 07:48:39 +0000 Emily Schwing https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/03/23/heres-the-dirt-on-the-melting-permafrost-on-which-fairbanks-is-built https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/03/23/heres-the-dirt-on-the-melting-permafrost-on-which-fairbanks-is-built The unexpected appearance of sinkholes or groundwater flooding is something to which residents of this Alaskan city have grown accustomed as they face up to the melting of the discontinuous permafrost on which their buildings stand. Economy Environment Northern People & Health Wed, 09 Nov 2016 07:26:26 +0000 Emily Schwing https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/11/09/arctic-agriculture-high-tunnels-bring-warm-weather-veggies-to-alaska https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/11/09/arctic-agriculture-high-tunnels-bring-warm-weather-veggies-to-alaska As part of our “Arctic Agriculture” series, we visit Alaskan growers who have used a government program to turn the northernmost state into America’s high-tunnel farming capital. Environment Northern People & Health Research Tue, 23 Aug 2016 07:13:44 +0000 Emily Schwing https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/08/23/unraveling-the-accidents-of-climate-change https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/08/23/unraveling-the-accidents-of-climate-change With rising temperatures and melting sea ice, hunting and traveling in the Arctic is becoming a riskier venture. Here’s what a changing environment could mean for search and rescue efforts. Environment Northern People & Health Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Emily Schwing https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/03/01/alaskans-ask-commission-to-help-with-adaptation https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/03/01/alaskans-ask-commission-to-help-with-adaptation The U.S. Marine Mammal Commission flew to the Arctic for first time in almost 30 years to listen to Alaska’s coastal hunters talk about climate change and the health of seals, walrus and other marine mammals. But will what they heard translate into new policies and conservation efforts? Environment Northern People & Health Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Emily Schwing https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/02/05/how-arctic-communities-respond-to-climate-change https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/02/05/how-arctic-communities-respond-to-climate-change The impact of climate change on Arctic communities is so great that it limits their ability to adapt, or at least that’s what has long been assumed. But according to a recent study in Nature Climate Change, it’s non-climatic factors that obstruct adaptation. Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Emily Schwing https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/10/09/war-widows-caught-between-unbearable-losses-and-daily-challenges https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/10/09/war-widows-caught-between-unbearable-losses-and-daily-challenges Thousands of widowed Syrian women face poverty as well as grief. Unable to work, and with no income of their own, they often endure strict control from their remaining family. For some, life is so difficult that they make the heartbreaking decision to remarry in a desperate attempt to find financial stability.