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Earthquake activity near a California volcano has been linked to snowmelt. Researchers at U.S. Geological Survey studied data from 1984 to 2017.

If climate change continues at its current pace, the famous Snæfellsjökull glacier in West Iceland will be all-but completely gone by 2050.

Researchers have determined that, when ground ice is thicker, reindeer make for the coast. They don't eat kelp when they don't have to.

Since 1972, the giant island’s ice sheet has lost 11 quadrillion pounds of water.

“Climate change is happening faster than it’s ever happened before in our record,” Utquiagvik-based NOAA scientist Bryan Thomas said. “We’re right in the middle of it.”

This spring has seen record-breaking warm temperatures across Alaska. In the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the Kuskokwim River is melting early — with devastating consequences.

The earth's glaciers are melting much faster than scientists thought. A new study shows they are losing 369 billion tons of snow and ice each year, more than half of that in North America.

Watch where you step.

Climate change has caused a 60-fold increase in active landslides on one Canadian Arctic island.

The average temperature for the entire country was 1.2 degrees above normal in March. It is thus the twelfth month in a row that the temperature in Norway has been above normal.

March becomes the hundredth month in a row with temperatures above normal. "It is unique and shows how fast climate change is happening in the Arctic," says climate scientist Ketil Isaksen at the Meteorological Institute (MET).

The record early departure of the sea ice offshore Nome (March 12), and ice gone missing from Norton Sound astounded weather experts.

Recent storms have destroyed the progress made in ice formation endangering coastal habitats and fishing practices.

The latest statistics on the mountain hare (or blue hare) population of Finland, for instance, show that the species' numbers are plummeting while the European (or brown) hare is thriving, especially in southern parts of the country.

Colorado has seen more 2,500 avalanches this season, some larger than any on record.

The Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska is taking longer to freeze. Mark Leary, a volunteer for Bethel Search and Rescue, talks about what that means for winter transportation in the region.

Huerfano County says it's preparing for the worst when it comes to this year's flood season and it wants residents to be prepared.

Warmer seas have led the fishery to move 300 kilometers further northeast - towards the North Pole. At the same time, cruising traffic in the outlying sea areas is increasing.

“Nobody knows how old it is. We do know that it’s disappearing.”

The winter commercial crabbing season in the Norton Sound will begin February 25 with a quota less than half of its 2018 figure and a third of the 2017 quota.