LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T17:47:51Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:EE5F3F06-C2EB-4F6B-A141-B89C36747778Peak Bloom Is Here, the 2nd Earliest on Record2024-03-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO 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:87E3B15A-CC33-45EA-9595-D9B546A887CBToad spotted on winter ski trail2024-01-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Soda Springs, California, United States</h3><p>January 29, 2024</p><p>An amphibian was seen crossing a ski trail in the Sierra Nevada mountains in January, an unusual sighting that may indicate changing hibernation patterns.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/422D1842-AEC0-4DF1-BAC0-F139D2EF38C2'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/87E3B15A-CC33-45EA-9595-D9B546A887CB'>Read more...</a></p></div>39.32324 -120.37993uuid:CD330889-04A9-4BDB-8FAB-996FCA7E0042'Yo-yo kind of weather' hits southern Yukon with rain, slush and flooded streets 2024-01-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada</h3><p>January 29, 2024</p><p>Winter has taken a brief holiday in southern Yukon this week, with a sudden spell of spring-like weather making for wet, slushy conditions — and setting the stage for some slippery roads when winter conditions return later this week.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/89A2749B-A45E-4C14-A7AA-68720D047632'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/CD330889-04A9-4BDB-8FAB-996FCA7E0042'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.71611 -135.05375uuid:0A44FDEF-C123-48C2-B035-4F2A5BBE7F21Spotted salamander in middle of winter2024-01-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>West Burke, Vermont, United States</h3><p>January 25, 2024</p><p>The unseasonably warm and wet conditions thought to be factor in amphibian sighting. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/86A6DB12-9D5D-4C54-9153-1085E15CFDAF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/0A44FDEF-C123-48C2-B035-4F2A5BBE7F21'>Read more...</a></p></div>44.64144 -71.97871uuid:09FA9219-4088-46D6-96DB-4AE16F21D568Summer flowers blooming in January2024-01-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bellaire, Texas, United States</h3><p>January 11, 2024</p><p>Unseasonable blooming of goldenrod (Subphylum Angiospermae).</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7C4917A7-EAE5-4267-8F27-60952317F434'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/09FA9219-4088-46D6-96DB-4AE16F21D568'>Read more...</a></p></div>29.6894916666667 -95.423575uuid:9DA83D84-44C1-4B3B-ADB1-5EFF5D41074AAfter icy record last week, Kvikkjokk is now Sweden's warmest place 2024-01-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kvikkjokk, Norrbotten, Sweden</h3><p>January 8, 2024</p><p>Kvikkjokk was the coldest place in Sweden last Wednesday at with a temperature reaching as low as -43.6 degrees Celsius. But warm northwesterly winds increased the temperatures by about 40 degrees in a matter of hours. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/188B6BC6-24F1-4F0E-8422-372306690497'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/9DA83D84-44C1-4B3B-ADB1-5EFF5D41074A'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.94916 17.7261uuid:EB6447D1-D893-4108-A572-A197BA6425B9'You just want to give up': Pond Inlet hunter swam to qamutik after snowmobile sank through ice2023-12-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada</h3><p>December 27, 2023</p><p>A young Nunavummiut hunter, who's known for providing country food to his community, fell through the ice in late December on a snowmobile route he'd safely traveled just weeks before.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/2A5B1960-12F2-43EF-8579-C9E434CDACE2'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/EB6447D1-D893-4108-A572-A197BA6425B9'>Read more...</a></p></div>72.7 -77.9611111111111uuid:EC3FAB7C-19C7-48B5-B06E-9707D7D2F81FCaribou arrive in the Northwest Arctic region2023-11-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kotzebue, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 22, 2023</p><p>The Western Arctic Caribou Herd has been declining for years, and the migration patterns of the animals have been changing. In several locations in Northwest Alaska, caribou have been arriving later and later in the season. Friday last week, people in Kotzebue finally started seeing caribou — hundreds of them ― crossing the Kotzebue Sound north of town, coming from the Noatak riverside. Ice conditions are one of the reasons for the caribou’s late migration, said Thomas Baker, chair of the Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/AFFDEF40-29F2-4096-9110-F3EBE9C0B32D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/EC3FAB7C-19C7-48B5-B06E-9707D7D2F81F'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.89846 -162.59809uuid:5B720B3B-CA92-40B0-ACA4-5CF1119AB761The snowiest day in Alaska — and perhaps US — history? 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Thompson Pass</h3><p>November 8, 2023</p><p>At 4:45 p.m., 65 inches was on the ground. By 7:30, 72 inches of new snow had fallen in one storm. That’s 6 feet. In less than one day! It was darn close to a new Alaska (and United States) record.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/9E0224CB-1833-4A6D-A619-DAF52B099BFB'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/5B720B3B-CA92-40B0-ACA4-5CF1119AB761'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.1286111111111 -145.729722222222uuid:7D126655-0213-439A-96FD-34A1A74A64BELater frosts could make new crops possible in Alaska, but climate change brings challenges, too2023-10-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fairbanks, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 25, 2023</p><p>Shifting seasons and hotter temperatures could allow Alaska farmers to grow more abundant and diverse produce. But climate change can also bring drought, pests and permafrost thaw. Human-caused climate change is bringing longer and warmer growing seasons, but also pests and unstable weather.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4218D92A-7749-4EAB-874C-880804F350E5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/7D126655-0213-439A-96FD-34A1A74A64BE'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.83778 -147.71639uuid:8593D1B7-E6A6-47F0-B927-4829333C5B8FIce that survived Arctic summer hits low, with implications for traditional harvesting and shipping 2023-10-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada</h3><p>October 18, 2023</p><p>David Kuptana, an elder and full-time harvester said ice should be forming around his home on Victoria Island this time of year — but instead, temperatures have been hovering around zero and it's been raining. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0D6F0E29-CB62-4B26-83D5-09A0EA2CFC4E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8593D1B7-E6A6-47F0-B927-4829333C5B8F'>Read more...</a></p></div>70.7366666666667 -117.771944444444uuid:A34898F9-28F7-47BA-BAFC-6735CC49EDA2Very Late Foliage2023-09-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fox, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 19, 2023</p><p>Autumn colors have been quite delayed this year, maybe ten days to two weeks later than "usual"</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/777418ED-B503-45EA-B8A6-9711A40B8FF8'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/A34898F9-28F7-47BA-BAFC-6735CC49EDA2'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.9437690314467 -147.691698074341uuid:7F054758-8123-434C-9B2A-3218E27B8BE3Insect on cloud berries2023-08-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Trapper Creek, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 1, 2023</p><p>Is the abundance of insects unusual? Updates from around the state with picking and weather impacts.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0AB7937B-9D73-45D6-9088-979ACB670017'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/7F054758-8123-434C-9B2A-3218E27B8BE3'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.424293930178 -150.711586972572uuid:124FAA8C-F282-465E-84F8-6AD8A49A2D59Salmonberries are a month late2023-08-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Seldovia Village, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 1, 2023</p><p>"We usually pick salmon berries in early July."</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D05CAE4A-E62E-4EAF-99CA-29A41842EFCC'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/124FAA8C-F282-465E-84F8-6AD8A49A2D59'>Read more...</a></p></div>59.4758043847592 -151.591885730544uuid:1472D1FF-D9F5-4B83-80FB-C1AAADAFC9B1In the absence of fireweed2023-07-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Seldovia Village, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 27, 2023</p><p>A 24-hour, 245 mile survey of fireweed plants from Anchorage to Seldovia revealed an almost complete absence of flowering. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/1919D6F9-6123-410D-B692-6D52683C89E5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1472D1FF-D9F5-4B83-80FB-C1AAADAFC9B1'>Read more...</a></p></div>59.478801297077 -151.600636197897uuid:313200BE-F56B-4562-B671-D76B855B793CHatcher Pass Road opens for summer, but with winter lingering2023-06-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Palmer, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 23, 2023</p><p>The Hatcher Pass Road in Alaska has opened for the summer season, but deep snow remains at higher elevations, with crews spending the last week digging out the road over the pass before opening it.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/31C137C2-43DE-46BF-973C-167DFC6E86E7'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/313200BE-F56B-4562-B671-D76B855B793C'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.59972 -149.11278uuid:98446303-B1C0-435B-95FA-CF507C7DC722Alaska fire season begins with almost two dozen human-caused blazes2023-05-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 11, 2023</p><p>Twenty-three of the 25 fires so far this year were ignited by human activity. While this year’s heavy snowpack and cold spring pushed back the start to fire season in many parts of the state, climate change is generally causing an earlier snowmelt, said climatologist Rick Thoman.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D8DE5DD2-FC19-4820-BC92-BB00293EBAC8'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/98446303-B1C0-435B-95FA-CF507C7DC722'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.6358675746153 -153.180996665583uuid:4D3CB5A3-F721-4A23-A0E0-AD3F8EC87F97Evacuation underway near Dawson City, Yukon, as floodwaters rise 2023-05-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Dawson City, Yukon, Canada</h3><p>May 8, 2023</p><p>The break up on the Yukon River has been delayed this year because of ice conditions. Randy Audet has a home in the Rock Creek subdivision and went to check on it Monday, along with his mom's car. He's working out of town right now at a camp and also has another place to stay outside of Dawson City. Audet's whole property was underwater. "I've never actually seen this happen in 12 years since I've been living here."</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/DB0C0EA3-224E-44EC-B41A-A643FD5E52C2'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4D3CB5A3-F721-4A23-A0E0-AD3F8EC87F97'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.06013 -139.43328uuid:206794B3-1AE2-49E6-B1A0-AC02255FB41BHistoric May storm brings snow and record cold temperatures to the Great Lakes2023-05-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Great Lakes, Illinois, United States</h3><p>May 1, 2023</p><p>In the Midwest, the unofficial start to summer with barbecues seems a little far-fetched as people are still shoveling and having to clear snow off their grills before they even think about using them.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A854DB4C-7AD6-4222-BFEF-90A0CC510EF6'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/206794B3-1AE2-49E6-B1A0-AC02255FB41B'>Read more...</a></p></div>42.316017 -87.834271uuid:BA4F3957-9DA0-4C8B-B798-6FE9FD8ADCD2Surprise “Spring Snow” in Reykjavík2023-04-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:47:51ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland</h3><p>April 27, 2023</p><p>Capital area residents in Iceland opened their eyes to 10 cm (3.9 in) of snow outside the window on April 27th. In the last 75 years, there have only been 4 instances of this much snow falling in the Reykjavík area in the second half of April.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/2A048548-FDC0-4FFF-A8D1-47C612D6EB2A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BA4F3957-9DA0-4C8B-B798-6FE9FD8ADCD2'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.13548 -21.89541