LEO Network - Search Resultshttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net2024-03-29T09:12:28Zhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/Images/logo.pnguuid:EC3FAB7C-19C7-48B5-B06E-9707D7D2F81FCaribou arrive in the Northwest Arctic region2023-11-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kotzebue, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 22, 2023</p><p>The Western Arctic Caribou Herd has been declining for years, and the migration patterns of the animals have been changing. In several locations in Northwest Alaska, caribou have been arriving later and later in the season. Friday last week, people in Kotzebue finally started seeing caribou — hundreds of them ― crossing the Kotzebue Sound north of town, coming from the Noatak riverside. Ice conditions are one of the reasons for the caribou’s late migration, said Thomas Baker, chair of the Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/AFFDEF40-29F2-4096-9110-F3EBE9C0B32D'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/EC3FAB7C-19C7-48B5-B06E-9707D7D2F81F'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.89846 -162.59809uuid:5B720B3B-CA92-40B0-ACA4-5CF1119AB761The snowiest day in Alaska — and perhaps US — history? 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Thompson Pass</h3><p>November 8, 2023</p><p>At 4:45 p.m., 65 inches was on the ground. By 7:30, 72 inches of new snow had fallen in one storm. That’s 6 feet. In less than one day! It was darn close to a new Alaska (and United States) record.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/9E0224CB-1833-4A6D-A619-DAF52B099BFB'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/5B720B3B-CA92-40B0-ACA4-5CF1119AB761'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.1286111111111 -145.729722222222uuid:7D126655-0213-439A-96FD-34A1A74A64BELater frosts could make new crops possible in Alaska, but climate change brings challenges, too2023-10-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fairbanks, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 25, 2023</p><p>Shifting seasons and hotter temperatures could allow Alaska farmers to grow more abundant and diverse produce. But climate change can also bring drought, pests and permafrost thaw. Human-caused climate change is bringing longer and warmer growing seasons, but also pests and unstable weather.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/4218D92A-7749-4EAB-874C-880804F350E5'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/7D126655-0213-439A-96FD-34A1A74A64BE'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.83778 -147.71639uuid:A34898F9-28F7-47BA-BAFC-6735CC49EDA2Very Late Foliage2023-09-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fox, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 19, 2023</p><p>Autumn colors have been quite delayed this year, maybe ten days to two weeks later than "usual"</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/777418ED-B503-45EA-B8A6-9711A40B8FF8'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/A34898F9-28F7-47BA-BAFC-6735CC49EDA2'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.9437690314467 -147.691698074341uuid:27CFEE3C-6453-4034-962D-293770E1E63DFlowers bloom again in an unusually warm November2022-11-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland</h3><p>November 18, 2022</p><p>Kale is sprouting even though it's mid-November. Eucalyptus, rock rose, and Lenten roses don’t seem to be in the mood for winter, as they still wear their summer colors of green and red. It has been warm over almost all of the country, and never in the history of the capital has been a hotter November than this year. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/3B3D5F5D-E892-49E5-8313-FD75D88D5031'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/27CFEE3C-6453-4034-962D-293770E1E63D'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.68353 -18.0878uuid:FEEE687D-4DED-4CDA-9BD0-E84A9EDB5072"Should have received four tons of plums"2022-10-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Linge farm, Valldal, Fjord community, Vestland</h3><p>October 31, 2022</p><p>Norwegian fruit farmers are seeking compensation for poor harvests due to extreme weather conditions, with over 1,000 farmers applying for compensation this year, compared to under 500 last year, as cold weather destroyed crops in the west and north, while drought hit the east and inland areas.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/D5AB0B71-7552-4C30-9FE2-D5A4982CD513'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/FEEE687D-4DED-4CDA-9BD0-E84A9EDB5072'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.2991845 7.2005288uuid:EF4CF94D-E66A-4C28-A308-103D02031911Wild Rose October Bloom2022-10-02T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Galena, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 2, 2022</p><p>We typically see them blooming in June and most of them have been without blooms for months.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/D5169395-DA36-475B-B8B8-F34935820469'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/EF4CF94D-E66A-4C28-A308-103D02031911'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.7422077096342 -156.833825111389uuid:879B90ED-C883-4B81-889A-580CF94E459CAn Influx in Taraxacum Officinale or the Common Dandelion in Iqaluit, Nunavut2022-09-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Crystal Two, Nunavut, Canada</h3><p>September 26, 2022</p><p>Over the past five years, there has been a steady increase in the number of dandelions spread throughout the surrounding area of Iqaluit.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/BD1B02CC-7BE9-4B22-ACF1-4F74240DAA70'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/879B90ED-C883-4B81-889A-580CF94E459C'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.7553673333333 -68.5167135uuid:4A6C8768-A5C1-4997-AEE0-CE6E27C8E980Tangled Up in Blue: Skipping skating2021-11-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Seward, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 24, 2021</p><p>I was looking forward to ice skating this winter. I had bought a pair of Nordic blades. This morning, I woke up to over a foot of snow. It is an early storm for Seward, which was blanketed in white this morning.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/B1316C5D-1168-43EC-907C-297B32D02D99'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/4A6C8768-A5C1-4997-AEE0-CE6E27C8E980'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.10426 -149.4435uuid:05C74548-F8B8-4921-AE4A-D26EFD20E7C8Major Disaster Averted in Icy Kara Sea After Two Oil Barges Ran Aground2021-11-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>November 24, 2021</p><p>Fuel shipments normally take place during autumn from departure ports such as Murmansk and Arkhangelsk. However, last fall saw a sudden freeze-up and quickly accumulating sea-ice on the Northern Sea Route, including the Kara Sea. Of the two rescued barges, one contained 7,000 tons of diesel fuel, while the other was loaded with 170 tons of kerosene.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/31D2CC97-AE85-4F15-8374-480910508E9F'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/05C74548-F8B8-4921-AE4A-D26EFD20E7C8'>Read more...</a></p></div>74 56uuid:33353435-B78A-4D7E-9579-478923F0F7A6Amazing November skiing! Lots of snow, lots of cold!2021-11-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 22, 2021</p><p>It is November, we have snow and we are skiing the Southcentral Alaska backcountry early and in the best conditions in years.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/FD237A69-D4AD-4449-944E-3B3367907EAD'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/33353435-B78A-4D7E-9579-478923F0F7A6'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.21806 -149.90028uuid:A4655146-43EC-4CBC-895E-84D6ACEB7ABBLater Snowfalls are Causing Challenges for Winter Sports 2021-11-17T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway</h3><p>November 17, 2021</p><p>The first event in Lillehammer is in early December, and despite being able to easily prep the hills in the past, Lillehammer athletes must now rely on snow shipped from other parts of Norway. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/B2EF9C97-8E4E-477F-9FC7-805949FFEADA'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/A4655146-43EC-4CBC-895E-84D6ACEB7ABB'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.11514 10.46628uuid:456B69FE-0C99-49BF-8983-368CAF4D91AAA timeline of how once-in-a-century flooding unfolded across B.C.2021-11-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>November 12, 2021</p><p>Extreme rain swamped rivers and farmland across southern B.C. and triggered mudslides that blocked every major highway connecting the Lower Mainland to the rest of the country in November 2021. This is a timeline of the first week of the crisis.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/155755E5-2762-4F4B-A037-105D7781D09C'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/456B69FE-0C99-49BF-8983-368CAF4D91AA'>Read more...</a></p></div>49.07644715912 -122.147970199585uuid:7B74CB0F-5BB5-425A-A642-F3A5279D0F8CAlaska Logistics is leaving two barges to freeze in the Kuskokwim River2021-11-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Eek, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 12, 2021</p><p>“It got very cold the day we got there, it got down to like single digits and ice came out of the mountains and rivers and sloughs everywhere,” said Allyn Long, general manager of Alaska Logistics.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/7B45C789-39D8-4F0B-B017-9C7072F1E0A5'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/7B74CB0F-5BB5-425A-A642-F3A5279D0F8C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.1220133365215 -162.398049732324uuid:7828E00B-904D-4D5E-8670-40F7E49D79E5Two icebreakers are on the way to rescue ice-locked ships on Northern Sea Route2021-11-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>November 10, 2021</p><p>Over the past years, ice conditions in late October and early November have allowed extensive shipping along the vast Russian Arctic coast. This year, however, large parts of the remote Arctic waters were already covered by sea ice by late October. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/0309F2E6-6587-47BB-9018-C5EBA5F710C2'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/7828E00B-904D-4D5E-8670-40F7E49D79E5'>Read more...</a></p></div>72 163uuid:5C01B3D0-5C9C-4578-AC39-ECA1433E59E2Here winter has become two months shorter2021-11-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bodø, Nordland, Norway</h3><p>November 4, 2021</p><p>Winter will never be the way it was, according to scientists. Towards the end of the century, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute predicts that the winter weather will gradually disappear from Oslo.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/ADCF2517-1D6E-4D2E-94AF-3EE428047334'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/5C01B3D0-5C9C-4578-AC39-ECA1433E59E2'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.2964369210048 14.3865966796875uuid:005F7474-545F-4B80-93E4-ED1314B5EE717 hunters return home after being stranded on the frozen Yukon River for 7 days. Here's their story.2021-10-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Emmonak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 25, 2021</p><p>“The ice was so thick flowing down the river. It was forming so fast. It was freezing so fast. Just amazing. I’d never seen anything like that," one of the hunters, Rex Nick, said.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/742CF565-37BE-41AE-8868-6BE9202C9E58'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/005F7474-545F-4B80-93E4-ED1314B5EE71'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.680867007301 -163.955396495307uuid:666878B2-A33C-4020-AA2A-4FDE4E5D7C4DShift in Overall Weather Pattern Over Past Two Decades2021-09-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Eagle River, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 21, 2021</p><p>"The first snowfall of this year happened so early that the leaves on the trees had not fallen yet. The weight of the snow on top of the trees that had not shed their leaves caused the trees to incur damage." </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/39C3908C-F81B-49A4-BC68-C4CA47B7BB4B'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/666878B2-A33C-4020-AA2A-4FDE4E5D7C4D'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.32139 -149.56778uuid:3999DF6B-709F-4E89-9718-FC45D2745CA7Anchorage's early snow unofficial but pleasing to zoo's polar bears, otters2021-09-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 21, 2021</p><p>Snow blanketed parts of Alaska’s largest city Tuesday morning, as Anchorage saw an early, though unofficial, first snowfall of the season. It's technically unofficial because none was reported at the National Weather Service’s official measuring spot on the city’s west side.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/3499C58E-2D68-4723-972C-7BCFE085E6F8'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/3999DF6B-709F-4E89-9718-FC45D2745CA7'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.21806 -149.90028uuid:AEB99353-C493-4F41-BAE2-755B7CF34A4BFall Observations from Chistochina2021-09-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:12:28ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chistochina, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 20, 2021</p><p>"Been a cool dry fall. The snow line hit twice in late August and once in September at the 4000 foot level. We saw 22 degrees several times in September and twice in August so general frost is in town. But no ice on shore lines so the rivers and lakes are staying warm even as the chill sets in"</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/8D759951-790D-4FA2-BD5E-B70D740994B6'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/AEB99353-C493-4F41-BAE2-755B7CF34A4B'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.57178 -144.65417