Second sea otter stranding in one week.
Persistent warm temperatures the last few weeks have melted much of the snow, including stockpiles the city tried to set aside.
Winter transformed from time of snow to time of ice.
Rapid changes raise questions.
Open water interferes with subsistence practices.
Photos and observations of the sheen thought to be caused by a fuel leak in the village of Shishmaref.
5-31-15 Unusual beetle - Goodnews Bay, Alaska, USA
Spring river ice change - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA
5.21-15 Insect die-off - Chistochina, Alaska, USA
Unusual moth
We have never had cranes stop in here before. Something has changed that these migratory birds are stopping here.
Biologists suspect climate change and mild winters may have prompted April's early out migration from Auke Creek.
Around Isla Todos Santos, a massive Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) bed die-off was observed, which may be linked to the 2015-2016 El Niño event.
Low lake water on ANTHC campus (Algae)
A moose was seen with some of its fur missing.
A succession of mystery hairless elk have have been spotted in the village of Neiden close to Norway's far northeastern border with Russia, leaving scientists scratching their heads as to the cause.
5/2/15 Urban Canada goose - King Cove, Alaska, USA
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