An Alaska scientist challenges the so-called unexplained lesions and deaths observed among Arctic sea life in 2011 and 2012.
3-13-13 Buggy ptarmigan - Noatak, Alaska, USA
Severe storms wreak havoc to a Bering Sea community; the following weather conditions contributed to flooding, disrupting transportation routes, electrical transformers and seepage into local water wells.
3-5-13 Changing sea ice - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA
5-29-12 Unusual bearded seal - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA
Since early February, the gulf, and beaches and islands surrounding it, have been in the throes of one of the worst blooms of red tide in recent years.
5-23-12 Buckland River floods dumpsite - Buckland, Alaska, USA.
Ringed seal with sores found in Shishmaref.
Voracious predator could be big threat to native aquatic populations
Wolves and bears rummaging around the dump.
Erosion on the banks of the Koyukuk River is increasing in the community of Evansville and Bettles.
Wind fall trees an obstacle
Kuskokwim River flooding causes concern in community
Brown marmorated stink bug
Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) seen with large amount of hair loss.
Seal with hair loss observed in Bering Strait region
4-25-12 Unseasonably warm - Evansville, Alaska, USA
To say Alaska has been snowy this winter is an understatement. Anchorage broke a 57 year old snowfall record Saturday when a storm produced 4.3 inches of snow on Saturday, April 7, 2012.
Polar bear researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey are only halfway into their annual survey in Alaska and they've already come across nine bears – six in Barrow and 3 in Kaktovik – with signs of alopecia and skin lesions. The muzzle, face, eyes, ears and neck appear most affected, according to a bulletin published Friday by the agency.
The Far North's iconic polar bear appears to have joined the list of Arctic species afflicted with a mystery illness that causes hair loss, lesions and oozing sores. Six in Barrow and three in Kaktovik.
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