Six inches of rain fell in a three hour period.
Early hay crop harvest
Possibly an effect of thawing permafrost.
Dump and hill fire
Bluff/cliff side erosion along the Ningikfak River.
It’s a vicious cycle: As the weather warms, the Earth’s permafrost is melting, releasing greenhouse gases that are going to make the planet even hotter.
River Erosion
Because ice makes up a good portion of the underground foundation of northern Alaska, thawing has dropped the landscape as much as 3 feet in some places.
Spruce Aphid (Elatobium abietinum) Damage
Alaskas tundra landscapes carpet a good portion of the state, from the North Slope to the elbow of the Alaska Peninsula. Researchers say it's slowly sinking in places -- as much as a fifth of an inch each year.
Early Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) Sprout
Pavlov Volcano provides spring show and showers
Coastal erosion near Cape Blossom
When 200 million metric tons of rock tumbled down a remote Southeast Alaska mountain in October, nobody was around to see it. But thanks to a beefed-up seismic network and a new system that can distinguish landslides from earthquakes, scientists knew it had happened.
River erosion damaging pedestrian walkway
There were lightning strike-caused fires at Paul's Creek and Coffee Creek north of King Salmon, AK.
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