Some possible causes for late budding in berries include more precipitation when flowers bloom, which reduces pollination, an overall lack of pollinators, or sometimes animals and birds eat the berries during the winter.
Unusually high abundance of rusty tussock moth caterpillars in the Nome area.
“It started breaking into pieces beneath us,” said Phillip Rode.
Warm ocean temperatures are keeping ice thin, which become easily moved by the wind. This ice movement separates commercial and subsistence crabbers from their gear, and have led to the loss of both crabbing and mining gear.
This was the warmest autumn on record for western Alaska. Local observer comments on how lack of sea ice is effecting fish and bird behavior.
Looking seaward over the last week from almost all points along the coasts of Norton Sound, folks have been dazzled by bright blue horizons colored by open water.
We've had so much wind this winter, on the 15th of January, the winds were warm!!!!!!
We do not ever recall having flowers blooming this late in the year.
No Permanent Winter Ice and Early Break Up For Nome
There has been a lack of snow in the Golovin area ever since the January 2014 warm spell.
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