Arctic sea ice last month reached its greatest extent for the season, and it was the lowest in the satellite record. Now researchers say that ice is also younger and thinner than it once was.
Alaskas tundra landscapes carpet a good portion of the state, from the North Slope to the elbow of the Alaska Peninsula. Researchers say it's slowly sinking in places -- as much as a fifth of an inch each year.
Windows have been open during the record heat and the interior of the house is also full of pollen, a thin layer can be seen on the floor near windows. Everyone, even people like myself who rarely experience allergies, are feeling the effects, burning eyes, runny nose, and cough.
Early Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) Sprout
The rivers on the Kenai Peninsula are shucking their ice much sooner in the past few years than they have in decades, some flowing freely as early as
Early wasps
Resident Ravens Disappeared in Early April
Caribou calving on the Kobuk River, seems early to calf.
Many Greylag Goose on Spildra, Norway
After a bat was found near Seattle with deadly White Nose Syndrome, a conservation group has teamed up with cave explorers to find out if B.C.'s bats are also affected. The White Nose fungus can kill 99 or even 100 percent of a population it infects.
Unusual weather pattern that changes conditions quickly.
Communities on the southern coastline of Kenai Peninsula have noticed changes to trees as a result of the aphid.
In less than three years, the number of animals on the island of Kolguyev dropped from more than 12,000 to only 153.
Identified as a male Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
Spiking levels of birch pollen around much of the state are also being seen during an early spring in Anchorage this week, as doctors deal with an influx of allergy and asthma patients.
Over the past few months, a massive toxic bloom of the marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia, stretching from central California to the Alaska Peninsula, has resulted in significant impacts to coastal resources and marine life. NOAA has been working closely with federal, state, tribal, academic, and other partners to respond to this unprecedented harmful algal bloom (HAB).
Least Surprising News: Another Warm Month in Alaska
Unknown furry moth
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