LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T21:16:52Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:EE5F3F06-C2EB-4F6B-A141-B89C36747778Peak Bloom Is Here, the 2nd Earliest on Record2024-03-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., United States</h3><p>March 18, 2024</p><p>Peak bloom of the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC, happened on March 17, ahead of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/995D1ECA-1C75-46D4-8B1B-AFEE5038CC52'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/EE5F3F06-C2EB-4F6B-A141-B89C36747778'>Read more...</a></p></div>38.89511 -77.03637uuid:75FE7503-BF86-48C6-83B4-C44E3585F563A warming island's mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned2024-03-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Marian, Prince Edward Islands</h3><p>March 16, 2024</p><p>The past few decades have been the most significant for the damage the mice have caused, said Dr. Anton Wolfaardt, the Mouse-Free Marion project manager. He said their numbers have increased hugely, mainly due to rising temperatures from climate change, which has turned a cold, windswept island into a warmer, drier, more hospitable home.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/EED3D9B0-5C14-4B0F-B55C-1DE6112AD75B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/75FE7503-BF86-48C6-83B4-C44E3585F563'>Read more...</a></p></div>-46.88 37.75uuid:6C9236F0-471C-4744-86FD-F66BAEF360D5Heavy rain heading towards Finland on Thursday2024-03-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Finland</h3><p>March 13, 2024</p><p>Early March's relatively mild start will get wetter in southern areas on Thursday, when a significant amount of rainfall is expected — with up to a full centimetre expected in western areas.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4C9939E3-C734-4AA0-A77E-82E99841E1B0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/6C9236F0-471C-4744-86FD-F66BAEF360D5'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.7777539652943 26.199539005192uuid:4A27A3A2-1282-4155-B966-118D7ADB04CEHouston man injured in moose trampling outside his home2024-03-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Houston, Alaska, United States</h3><p>March 8, 2024</p><p>A Houston man was injured by a moose near his home, an unusual event linked to increased moose aggression due to harsh winter conditions.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/04655080-8A93-4583-AFE3-848436641F17'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4A27A3A2-1282-4155-B966-118D7ADB04CE'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.63028 -149.81806uuid:9D426B93-87C8-4D9F-AA16-193BB67AEFB6One of the rarest fish on the planet is dying in the Keys. Scientists are struggling to find out why2024-03-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Key West, Florida, United States</h3><p>March 8, 2024</p><p>Sawfish, and about 30 other species of fish, are turning up sick and dying in the Lower Keys as questions mount over what's causing it. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0B2D2392-CF45-43CE-AB63-F87310615845'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/9D426B93-87C8-4D9F-AA16-193BB67AEFB6'>Read more...</a></p></div>24.55524 -81.78163uuid:A15A9004-3D46-4C86-8B0E-FC79ECE27FA5Incredibly rare: Gray whale, extinct in Atlantic for 200 years, spotted south of Nantucket2024-03-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States</h3><p>March 7, 2024</p><p>A gray whale, presumed extinct in the Atlantic for over 200 years, was spotted by the New England Aquarium team south of Nantucket, suggesting climate change effects.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/E20A7267-D9A1-417A-A6C6-819FFAFB703A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/A15A9004-3D46-4C86-8B0E-FC79ECE27FA5'>Read more...</a></p></div>41.28346 -70.09946uuid:834E59E1-65ED-4B9D-B9E7-1642C895E19EAn angry moose and bare ground mark a brutal first quarter for Iditarod teams2024-03-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>McGrath, Alaska, United States</h3><p>March 6, 2024</p><p>Iditarod teams faced a challenging first quarter with bare ground damaging sleds and a dangerous encounter with an aggressive moose that injured a dog.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/ED7FEBDD-655A-4D91-83DA-8CE22B181A5A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/834E59E1-65ED-4B9D-B9E7-1642C895E19E'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.95639 -155.59583uuid:99EFB227-328F-450D-A29F-0C1AD7D9E230A massive blizzard howls in the Sierra Nevada. High winds and heavy snow close roads and ski resorts2024-03-02T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Truckee, California, United States</h3><p>March 2, 2024</p><p>A powerful blizzard raged in the Sierra Nevada as the biggest storm of the season shut down a long stretch of I-80 in California. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/711656E4-C0C0-4C93-9A69-6C5D66B88A39'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/99EFB227-328F-450D-A29F-0C1AD7D9E230'>Read more...</a></p></div>39.32796 -120.18325uuid:BE77688D-7546-47E9-AE4A-111CC734729CFirst bird flu casualty detected in Southwestern Alaska pending confirmation2023-05-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Southwestern Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 31, 2023</p><p>As of June 1, laboratory testing was still underway and had not yet fully confirmed which variant of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza the migratory bird had, and there are other possible detections this year, according to Alaska State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Gerlach.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/00068C08-2B99-4E87-8A36-EEC34832BA82'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BE77688D-7546-47E9-AE4A-111CC734729C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.7591595022699 -164.862667657633uuid:76673ACF-A27E-4D4E-8399-22DBFD7B40FBSun While It Lasted: May Among “Gloomiest” Months on Record2023-05-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland</h3><p>May 31, 2023</p><p>May 2023 in Reykjavik, Iceland has been a month of gloom and rain, with a chance of breaking a 70-year-old "sunless" record and becoming the "least sunniest" fifth month of the year since measurements began, as well as potentially breaking the record for the rainiest May on record.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/AE3CD1CA-60DF-4444-ADE3-DC5264369E72'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/76673ACF-A27E-4D4E-8399-22DBFD7B40FB'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.13548 -21.89541uuid:3620521B-F92D-4956-94F7-DE84F12351B0Fisheries managers announce Yukon River closures2023-05-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>May 26, 2023</p><p>King and summer chum runs are forecasted to be poor, with little to no harvestable surplus available.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F344882F-E8D0-495F-80F8-BEE2F99166B3'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3620521B-F92D-4956-94F7-DE84F12351B0'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:22B84F62-9F10-47AE-A2B2-3FCBAB71920FHeatwave hit Europe’s Arctic coast2023-05-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Lakselv, Finnmark Fylke, Norway</h3><p>May 25, 2023</p><p>Few places in Europe were warmer than the Finnmark region on Tuesday. Nyrud in the Pasvik valley measured a peak at 25.3 degrees Celsius (77 F), actually higher than the Mediterranean coast of Spain and Italy.The normal chilly winds along the coast of Finnmark in Norway and Kola Peninsula in Russia were replaced by very warm air. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/DC4FBB8E-5748-4C6C-B211-0A119C24D39B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/22B84F62-9F10-47AE-A2B2-3FCBAB71920F'>Read more...</a></p></div>70.1179586952924 24.807102979812uuid:C118B20B-C8C3-41F0-A200-97E84303F5A8Erosion Impacting Vegetation and Roads2023-05-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Noatak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 22, 2023</p><p>This post is an update on the river erosion situation in Noatak, where a new channel is being cut by the Noatak River. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/78EDCFE5-65B4-436E-A320-2360A1434FE4'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C118B20B-C8C3-41F0-A200-97E84303F5A8'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.5600833888889 -162.975115777778uuid:3B0CA980-9E24-4E17-B11F-10401217E7F9Beluga whale Hvaldimir visiting Helgeroa2023-05-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Larvik, Vestfold, Norway</h3><p>May 19, 2023</p><p>Boaters in Skolebukta outside Larvik opened their eyes when they were visited by the famous beluga whale. The marine biologist fears the whale's journey could soon be over for good.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B90AEEFF-C05B-4047-962C-09CA63B0A219'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3B0CA980-9E24-4E17-B11F-10401217E7F9'>Read more...</a></p></div>59.05328 10.03517uuid:2C21CF2A-E1A4-4A65-BD83-5C72DF9AB641Floating Helmet2023-05-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Tatitlek, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 19, 2023</p><p>"My son found this helmet floating here in Prince William Sound."</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/78590110-F895-4039-ADC6-B92F77750542'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/2C21CF2A-E1A4-4A65-BD83-5C72DF9AB641'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.865582225545 -146.679382972884uuid:E9225AA8-D4DF-419D-8C60-DFD5FCB9A8F5Ice jam floods continue to plague Alaska river communities2023-05-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 19, 2023</p><p>In the Glenallen area, Yukon and Kuskokwim River communities, and Northwest Arctic floodwaters caused by snow melt and rapid warming have caused many communities to be flooded. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A845681C-F7D8-4871-9322-9F05D3A84D78'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/E9225AA8-D4DF-419D-8C60-DFD5FCB9A8F5'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.9607663214987 -150.649824117137uuid:A557BDEF-8A83-4731-8FA0-8B1727B9FF54Significant reduction of frog and bird songs2023-05-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Ely, Minnesota, United States</h3><p>May 18, 2023</p><p>This is the quietest spring I’ve experienced. It’s not my hearing. The Merlin app is hardly picking any bird songs up. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F812A857-D821-4413-9DFA-F4A46A6FB32B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/A557BDEF-8A83-4731-8FA0-8B1727B9FF54'>Read more...</a></p></div>47.8361233696209 -92.0530700683594uuid:38B269C8-846B-420D-A28D-B21EF0638A01Previously Unknown Gas Seeps Discovered along Aleutian Trench2023-05-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Adak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 18, 2023</p><p> A NOAA Ocean Exploration-led team has discovered what appears to be evidence of a large gas seep at a depth of nearly 1.4 miles (2,300 meters) along the Aleutian Trench. The discovery was found in data collected during the Seascape Alaska 1: Aleutians Deepwater Mapping expedition.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/419E28DA-41FA-4D8C-91B2-81831F770F31'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/38B269C8-846B-420D-A28D-B21EF0638A01'>Read more...</a></p></div>51.88 -176.65806uuid:3F0FA4F6-6FEE-48BB-AF1C-72B68C19840EHaddock is overfished off New England, regulators say, as they cut quotas2023-05-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States</h3><p>May 16, 2023</p><p>However, numerous fishermen say the assessment of a decline in the stock doesn't match what they're seeing on the water, where haddock appear to them to be plentiful.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/2622A4FE-C3DB-4C06-BD89-11CC77B326D7'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3F0FA4F6-6FEE-48BB-AF1C-72B68C19840E'>Read more...</a></p></div>43.0658779962621 -70.7437344255119uuid:FEC748EA-5124-491F-B0F9-7F042EB41910Flooding closes schools and shuts down sewer system in Glennallen as high waters continue to inundate Alaska communities2023-05-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:16:52ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Glennallen, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 16, 2023</p><p>Officials say the floodwaters are swamping Alaska towns, tearing buildings from foundations, seeping into homes and covering roads. In Glennallen, the local utility is setting up Porta-Potties around the community, and area residents are asked to limit water usage. The state transportation department said there was water over a portion of the Glenn Highway on Monday, but the road remained open.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/DACC6489-E6F7-407D-9249-683318130BE6'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/FEC748EA-5124-491F-B0F9-7F042EB41910'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.10917 -145.54639