One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.
Earthquakes have rattled through Port Heiden more often than usual this year. Michael West is the State Seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Center. He took a look to compare this year’s quake numbers with other years. Listen Now
Ponds in and around the Nome area are drying up.
State and North Slope Borough officials say Point Lay’s drinking water lake was wiped out by the nearby Kokolik River, which flooded and eroded the lake banks.
Beaver activity impacting water level
The level of Eklutna Lake seems to be very low this winter. Over the long term, decline of the Eklutna Glacier is a concern for water and energy supply.
Appears to be smothering all aquatic plant life.
Series of storms contribute to flooding, erosion, infrastructure damage.
Coastal erosion potential threat to community sewage lagoon.
Thawing permafrost and river bank collapsed on the Cheenik Creek.
Severe storms wreak havoc to a Bering Sea community; the following weather conditions contributed to flooding, disrupting transportation routes, electrical transformers and seepage into local water wells.
12-21-12 Freezing waterlines - Evansville, Alaska, USA
12-6-12 Water shortage - Nanwalek, Alaska, USA
At least 50,000 homes and businesses lost power late Tuesday, and outages continued through Wednesday.
6-17-12 Heat wave across Interior - Galena, Alaska, USA
We performed a survey of community water lines to see how permafrost thaw and sinking foundations may be impacting homes, water and waste water systems. During the June visit we saw where foundation sinking was putting stress on pipe runs and junctions. Now in the winter we see evidence of freeze up in some of the homes where the junction boxes have been compromised, gaps in the insulation seal, and resulting freeze up and overflow of water.
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