LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-29T05:16:22Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:F5FED8BD-6946-4690-81A8-C3AE8E59FD5F'Seeing is believing': VR project immerses viewers in climate change on Yukon's Herschel Island 2023-07-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Herschel Island, Canada</h3><p>July 12, 2023</p><p>The virtual reality project Qikiqtaruk: Arctic at Risk is transporting people to Yukon's northernmost point without them ever having to leave home.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/9B4EB06A-D005-4B49-B82C-44D883A09007'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/F5FED8BD-6946-4690-81A8-C3AE8E59FD5F'>Read more...</a></p></div>69.6214099519963 -139.204144996879uuid:B5C2C2EC-E0D9-4C6F-A3C2-C2BA2791491CThe Arctic Climatologist Calling Attention to a Looming Data Crisis 2023-07-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 7, 2023</p><p>Rick Thoman is thinking hard about the cost of climate change and the benefits of better tracking, potentially influencing Alaska’s response to extreme weather and more.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/EE709326-54ED-41FA-8C34-1207DC3D3468'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B5C2C2EC-E0D9-4C6F-A3C2-C2BA2791491C'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.50111 -165.40639uuid:42D8D9A4-DD4E-4768-B3CE-52103C3C5BB8Retreating Arctic glaciers leave bubbling methane in their wake, scientists warn2023-07-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen</h3><p>July 6, 2023</p><p>Scientists found that the glaciers are triggering the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that causes global temperatures to rise.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F87934CC-C594-4826-839A-224CB361AF2D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/42D8D9A4-DD4E-4768-B3CE-52103C3C5BB8'>Read more...</a></p></div>78.2231558 15.6463656uuid:CD626BC9-A441-4A7B-BDD1-89D9DA072D01Urban Alaska can learn from energy innovation in rural Alaska 2023-07-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 5, 2023</p><p>The state’s rural areas lead the world in renewably powered microgrids. So if the grid of the future is being incubated in rural Alaska, can urban Alaska, like the Railbelt, benefit from some of these strategies and lessons learned?</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/04834D27-6CD3-45BC-8989-BBEC41D995DC'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/CD626BC9-A441-4A7B-BDD1-89D9DA072D01'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.6358675746153 -153.180996665583uuid:A1303682-7912-4C93-921C-607DA923F0A8Ongoing internet outage hamstrings 911, other vital services in Northwest Alaska2023-06-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kotzebue, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 20, 2023</p><p>It’s been a week since ice severed a fiber optic cable in the Arctic Ocean, cutting communications to several Northwest Alaska communities.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/8B882580-1BA7-4CB4-86C2-331216246EC6'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/A1303682-7912-4C93-921C-607DA923F0A8'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.89846 -162.59809uuid:A3550C63-74E9-4FC8-8D75-9585BDF62857Two icebreakers escort gas tanker in first summer shipment on Arctic route2023-06-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Vilkitsky Strait, Russia</h3><p>June 9, 2023</p><p>Ice lies thick on the water as nuclear powered icebreakers "Sibir" and "Arktika" escort LNG carrier "Fedor Litke" into the Vilkitsky Strait en route to a Northeast Asian port.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/9E47A568-A945-44B2-8D20-108D8EF8D567'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/A3550C63-74E9-4FC8-8D75-9585BDF62857'>Read more...</a></p></div>78.3257221671201 101.530765145226uuid:8F397AA1-C937-4F5F-81DD-535B84428645Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2030s, say scientists 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>June 6, 2023</p><p>The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by the 2030s, even if we do a good job of reducing emissions between now and then.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/BBA02463-6EEC-4B69-B1C9-E1C4C2FF9F2D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8F397AA1-C937-4F5F-81DD-535B84428645'>Read more...</a></p></div>76.1007960675458 -68.3786988384956uuid:CA5C0183-4BA6-487C-B709-10F26BC3C99FTiny but tenacious: arctic-alpine plants are engineers and warning bells 2023-05-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>The Arctic</h3><p>May 25, 2023</p><p>When most people consider the arctic, or high-altitude mountain landscapes, they think of endless snow, ice and bare rock. But pastel-coloured flowers, sometimes just a few millimetres wide, bloom in these dramatic places too. The miniature flowers not only weather some of the toughest habitats on Earth, but can also help engineer the landscape for other species.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D4C09C9B-775B-49E6-AE77-2FDD07826ACF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/CA5C0183-4BA6-487C-B709-10F26BC3C99F'>Read more...</a></p></div>68.3991800434419 -140.843326534845uuid:B87C114C-CE2D-42DA-ACFB-0411A7CB2730Bering Sea 2019 heatwave produced extreme change2023-05-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bering Sea Region</h3><p>May 19, 2023</p><p>The Bering Sea region is front and center for federal fisheries researchers after the 2019 heatwave produced extreme change in the marine ecosystem.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A89C3D7A-34F9-4B14-9FBA-55D85491E41B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B87C114C-CE2D-42DA-ACFB-0411A7CB2730'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.8644971476034 -168.634713548475uuid:1EA7F8D7-83C7-4CB5-B85C-B396ECBE1147Drones could make Juneau’s avalanche monitoring faster and more precise2023-05-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Juneau, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 8, 2023</p><p>The new project with drone maker DJI will try to get a bigger picture than fieldwork trips with more frequent, automated drone flights.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C0835DDA-D492-4B6D-9030-384259722983'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1EA7F8D7-83C7-4CB5-B85C-B396ECBE1147'>Read more...</a></p></div>58.30194 -134.41972uuid:8A24800E-29BC-48B2-93F6-F016D950894B10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the Bering Sea. Scientists and fishermen are working to learn why.2023-05-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 5, 2023</p><p>Such a large, sudden die-off and a lack of sea ice were a red flag for scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D9069456-69E0-475E-802A-AA0FD0A9F794'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8A24800E-29BC-48B2-93F6-F016D950894B'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.50111 -165.40639uuid:290A73E7-7576-4C6B-9650-D601C1EB21AACitizen observers help scientists predict breakup flooding 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Tanana, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 5, 2023</p><p>As Alaska faces an increased risk of spring breakup flooding this year, scientists are asking residents to share photos documenting major rivers’ progress from ice to water to help them predict with more accuracy where flooding might occur.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7FFE3C0A-FF83-4437-BEDF-928AB6029709'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/290A73E7-7576-4C6B-9650-D601C1EB21AA'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.17194 -152.07889uuid:529DDF38-ABE5-451C-BE2E-43EC5704DDC1Snowverloaded: Kenai Peninsula residents deal with extended winter2023-05-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Soldotna, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 1, 2023</p><p>Since the first big winter storms, snow on the western Kenai Peninsula has collapsed roofs, broken gas meters and raised backcountry avalanche risk. “I think we can safely say that this was the most snow in any winter for the northwest Kenai Peninsula since the winter of 2011, 2012,” said Rick Thoman.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/3B896506-7256-4B14-9901-79816EEA4AFA'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/529DDF38-ABE5-451C-BE2E-43EC5704DDC1'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.48778 -151.05833uuid:88D021E0-EE7E-4AFA-B9CF-3533488151A4How melting Arctic ice could be fueling extreme wildfires in Alaska2023-04-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska, United States</h3><p>April 20, 2023</p><p>As Western wildfires get more destructive, scientists are finding a far-off connection to shrinking ice on the Arctic Ocean.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/23B47812-979E-4826-B081-5990C9BA8C0C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/88D021E0-EE7E-4AFA-B9CF-3533488151A4'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.6358675746153 -153.180996665583uuid:C8AE3ED3-1C45-4D0E-BCAE-3130BB61AE3EClimate change thaws world's northernmost research station 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen</h3><p>April 19, 2023</p><p>At the world’s northernmost year-round research station, scientists are racing to understand how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing — and what those changes may mean for the planet’s future. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/FFEC3FE0-C8A9-47E3-A4CD-C4CF00112EC1'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C8AE3ED3-1C45-4D0E-BCAE-3130BB61AE3E'>Read more...</a></p></div>78.92373 11.92497uuid:9A45A922-B78A-452D-AD79-32130AACD0D3Analyzing the fat of killer whales reveals what they eat 2023-04-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>April 18, 2023</p><p>Scientists are studying the diets of the oceans’ top predators as they change in response to their environments. This is because how much and what they eat can affect how ecosystems function.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/77F7CB86-3B6C-4048-9C7D-0175CDE01E66'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/9A45A922-B78A-452D-AD79-32130AACD0D3'>Read more...</a></p></div>73.1079274810701 -4.62831463352326uuid:FDFCA528-7D26-46E0-BF94-39919C38C41CAlaska extends studded-tire removal deadlines in wake of snowy winter2023-04-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>April 6, 2023</p><p>Drivers in much of Alaska including Anchorage will have until May 15 to remove studded tires; those in southern areas will have until May 1.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A9704168-12C9-40E3-8789-E199D6E3B58A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/FDFCA528-7D26-46E0-BF94-39919C38C41C'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.21806 -149.90028uuid:EB61BCCB-8A02-4278-821D-FED74AF0A6C7Sea ice loss affects biodiversity, economy and travel safety, hunters and scientists say during a conference2023-04-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska </h3><p>April 4, 2023</p><p>"Siku" means sea ice in the Siberian Yup'ik language. But about a hundred other Yup'ik words describe different types of sea ice, including icebergs, floating pressure ice ridges, solid ice safe for travel — and "pequ," "an unsuitable area in ice field where the current causes ice to heave up or break up," Vera Metcalf said.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/AF0A25E9-8362-4EA5-9973-DFE191B9097B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/EB61BCCB-8A02-4278-821D-FED74AF0A6C7'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.053601705955 -152.846130463929uuid:9AE0E742-8155-4F73-9F0C-74FCEC0C7BFAHunting, visual storytelling and loss: Utqiaġvik photographer speaks at the Arctic at youth panel2023-04-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>April 4, 2023</p><p>Story telling provides a powerful tool in a changing climate. Epen Hobson has been experiencing the land and ocean through the perspective of an Inuit photographer and hunter. A recipient of the Arctic Resilient Communities Fellowship he shares, "We're an oral people, we tell stories, we teach by telling stories," The effects of climate change are concrete and dramatic for the Arctic communities such as Utqiagvik, and Hopson is hungry to see infrastructure and policy solutions to address them.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B97E8563-650A-4192-8087-34AD71944160'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/9AE0E742-8155-4F73-9F0C-74FCEC0C7BFA'>Read more...</a></p></div>71.29058 -156.78872uuid:C73822FE-0215-4D03-BAC7-058E777F7E66Winter Travel, Access and Changing Snow and Ice Conditions2023-04-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:16:22ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Copper River Basin</h3><p>April 1, 2023</p><p>The Copper River Basin in Alaska has experienced less reliable snow and ice conditions in recent years, impacting winter activities such as trapping, hunting, and gathering firewood. This study, based on nine oral interviews with local residents, reveals that crossing rivers has become more treacherous and difficult, with significant changes in ice conditions observed since the 1970s. Decreased snowpacks and increased shrub growth have also posed obstacles for accessing winter trails, requiring individuals to cut through forests. These changes, combined with socio-economic and technological factors, have affected the way people engage in winter activities in the Copper River Basin. Overall, this research contributes to the understanding of climate change's impact on winter activities in Alaska and the Circumpolar North.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/CDE5B101-D3F8-4AD4-AFBE-106287A14B8A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C73822FE-0215-4D03-BAC7-058E777F7E66'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.6539633537142 -145.634765625