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Alaska Arctic

5 Feb 2024

Climate change is causing a 'microbial awakening' in Alaska's ecosystems, altering food webs as fungi become a major energy source for small mammals.

Alaska Public Media

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	Land	68
	Safety	62
	Weather	49
	Food Security	48
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	47
	Cultural Impact	45
	Economic Impact	45
	Transportation	44
	Ocean / Sea	43
	Extreme Temperature	38
	Fish	36
	Death / Die-off / Decline	30
	Land Mammals	28
	Fisheries	26
	Ice / Snow Change	26
	Flooding / Draining	24
	Harvest Change	23
	Human Health	22
	Marine Mammals	21
	Extreme Wind	20
	Unusual Size / Abundance	19
	Permafrost Change	19
	Plants / Kelp	18
	Pollution	18
	Unusual Range / Sighting	18
	Water Management	17
	Buildings	16
	Fire	16
	Birds	15
	Energy	15
	Landslide / Avalanche	15
	TOURISM	15
	Atmosphere	12
	Extreme Precipitation	12
	Invertebrates	12
	Physical or Chemical Change	11
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	11
	Erosion	11
	One Health	11
	Pathogen	11
	Water Security	11
	Communication	10
	Conflict	9
	Drought	8
	Groundwater	8
	Pets	8
	Seasonal Timing	8
	Zoonotic Flu	8
	Air Quality	7
	Displacement	7
	Sports / Recreation	7
	Air	6
	Agriculture	6
	Glacier Change	6
	Storm Surge	6
	Acute Illness	5
	Algal Bloom	5
	Livestock	5
	Debris / Trash	4
	Infestation	4
	Insects	4
	Microbes	4
	Rabies	4
	Sanitation	4
	Forestry	3
	Mental Health	2
	Sea/Land Level Change	2
	Thunderstorm	2
	Cyclone / Hurricane	2
	Unusual Variation	2
	Eruption	2
	Boreal Pox	1
	Anisakiasis / Anisakid	1
	Aquaculture	1
	Arachnids	1
	Unusual Animal Behavior	1
	Chronic Illness	1
	Amphibians	1
	Coronavirus / COVID	1
	DIPHTHERIA	1
	Distemper	1
	Earthquake	1
	Fungi	1
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	1
	Parasite	1
	Radiation	1
	Rain on Snow	1
	Sinkhole / Crater	1
	Toxoplasmosis	1
	Tsunami	1
	Tularemia	1

	2025	18
	2024	243

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