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.

08-03-22 In response to declining numbers of Fortymile and Nelchina caribou, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is taking a more conservative approach to both harvests this fall.

These berries were on a south slope in a recently burned area. Seems early to me!

During a summer of unusually warm temperatures, highbush cranberries (Viburnum edule) are blooming, using buds that would have normally bloomed next spring.

Local beekeepers suspect pesticides used for controlling mosquitoes may be the cause.

Warm temperatures are rapidly melting snow and creating ice, which creates difficult conditions for dog mushers. Migratory birds are arriving early, and a mosquito emerged months early. Small owls dead around the Goldstream Valley that looked unusually thin.