Aerial surveys this September and October show the bowheads aren’t where they usually are.
“You could take your sailboat and sail from Dillingham all the way to Little Diomede and never see much more than an ice cube.
Ferocious fish, not native to Canada, was netted and released in Alberni Inlet
The declaration gives the far-north community of Utqiagvik access to state money to help repair damaged infrastructure like roads.
In recent years, the presence of red tide algae in the Mexican Pacific Ocean has occurred from Manzanillo Bay, Colima, all along the western Mexican coast to the Bay of Mazatlan, Nayarit, and as far north as Ensenada, La Paz, Baja California. Fortunately, although Jaltemba Bay did have some of the toxic algae, the civic leaders and government were immediately in action.
Folks here are famous for being able to handle the cold, but anything wet in December has always made us nervous. Especially wet falling from the sky. Lately, weather, our favorite nemesis, has broken the rules. Our confidence in the most-trustworthy feature of the Arctic -- winter -- has been wounded.
Port Heiden’s road to its harbor and old village site is crumbling into the sea and the lake on the other side of it will likely breach soon. “The road is basically gone. [Erosion]’s cut right half into the road,” said Scott Anderson, the Native Village of Port Heiden’s Tribal Environmental Director.
While industry has had to adapt to changes, many locals are still struggling to find a new normal amidst the shifting seasons.
A harmful algal bloom, better known as a red tide, has been building up at Elands Bay on the West Coast, about 220km north of Cape Town.
Beach walks this summer find many familiar creatures absent. This changing natural world demands attention and caring.
A massive ocean wave that was tracked off the west coast of Vancouver Island in 2020 is now considered the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded, according to scientists at the University of Victoria.
The Air Force is trying to better understand the erosion bearing down on its valuable radar sites.
The storm began Sept. 28 and continued for several days. A handful of Utqiaġvik’s roads were damaged or destroyed, and the community's freshwater source was nearly compromised.
Recent storms and warm seas melted a vast stretch of ice in the Bering Sea, leaving some islands surrounded by water when they should be locked in ice.
Climate change has allowed spotted seals to find new hunting grounds, but the marine mammals ultimately depend on sea ice to survive.
A September storm caused damage in Utqiagvik, and Gov. Bill Walker declared a disaster there last month.
Waters were expected to reach their highest levels Monday night and into Tuesday.
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One boat lost its net while at least two other fishermen say giant waves threatened to capsize their vessels as they tried to reach safe harbor.
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