Early bears (?), and snow cover still significant.
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Unusually wet winter weather activity observed. Traveling in early February (AFE) disrupted travel due to weather conditions.
Spring - or rather thermal spring - could be arriving to Finland as early as this week in southern and western areas.
The most recent study noted that Arctic thaw is occurring one to two weeks earlier than the first study, and the North Slope growing season is lengthening by 15 to 21 days. At the same time, however, caribou are maintaining the same reproductive timeline.
Because ice makes up a good portion of the underground foundation of northern Alaska, thawing has dropped the landscape as much as 3 feet in some places.
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
Low water on the Taieri River
Earliest Tokositna River break up ever in Denali State Park.
No Permanent Winter Ice and Early Break Up For Nome
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