LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T19:56:26Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:8EAA933D-4ECA-4D8D-9EDC-0313B38E42FCChugach forecasters warn of dangerous avalanche conditions after 1 death, 2 close calls2024-02-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Girdwood, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 8, 2024</p><p>Chugach forecasters issue warnings of high avalanche danger following a fatal incident and two non-fatal close calls in the mountains.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B3071D9E-D910-420B-86B2-495C570029D5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8EAA933D-4ECA-4D8D-9EDC-0313B38E42FC'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.9425 -149.16639uuid:B6EA4021-B74E-4589-8ACF-A8E92CA324E3NASA climate satellite blasts off to survey oceans and atmosphere of a warming Earth2024-02-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Florida, United States</h3><p>February 7, 2024</p><p>NASA's PACE satellite, designed to study ocean biology in unprecedented detail, has been successfully launched to enhance understanding of Earth's changing climate and improve weather forecasting.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/939321A7-FFF7-4158-82D6-2D5634207E2F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B6EA4021-B74E-4589-8ACF-A8E92CA324E3'>Read more...</a></p></div>28.9444647055242 -82.033629763236uuid:5CA1329E-949A-435D-8B5D-D45778A3D855Alaska's Arctic and boreal ecosystems see climate change-driven 'microbial awakening'2024-02-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska Arctic</h3><p>February 5, 2024</p><p>Climate change is causing a 'microbial awakening' in Alaska's ecosystems, altering food webs as fungi become a major energy source for small mammals.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/891363E6-3019-440C-8504-0799C2728A51'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/5CA1329E-949A-435D-8B5D-D45778A3D855'>Read more...</a></p></div>68.6911821794661 -147.713659552346uuid:4E6B198C-D5B6-429F-9851-A46E72442898Kotzebue residents report heat loss and issues with Vitus fuel amid frigid temps2024-01-30T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kotzebue, Alaska, United States</h3><p>January 30, 2024</p><p>Kotzebue residents face heating challenges as Vitus fuel thickens in extreme cold, leading to clogged filters and system failures, prompting some to switch suppliers.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A0FD02FF-1282-4CF5-8CF3-0DC99B3E617C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4E6B198C-D5B6-429F-9851-A46E72442898'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.89846 -162.59809uuid:DA4544AC-3691-4FAD-A157-79E2AAEBB7E2Anchorage homeless shelters under strain amid statewide cold snap2024-01-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>January 23, 2024</p><p>Staff at Anchorage's Brother Francis Shelter have seen cases of hypothermia and frostbite, during a subzero chill expected to continue next week.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B9A12D1E-3685-4E96-8B55-8985C7D0EA2A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/DA4544AC-3691-4FAD-A157-79E2AAEBB7E2'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.21806 -149.90028uuid:58CADE37-3E46-4CEB-9343-90AA54399BCBUS in deep freeze while much of the world is extra toasty? Yet again, it's climate change2024-01-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>United States</h3><p>January 16, 2024</p><p>The U.S. experiences extreme cold as the rest of the world faces unusual warmth, a pattern scientists attribute to climate change.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0D4EF0BB-D988-4B93-B70C-91D8DF6240F5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/58CADE37-3E46-4CEB-9343-90AA54399BCB'>Read more...</a></p></div>39.3812661305678 -97.9222112121185uuid:852C44F9-1E7C-4BFF-B176-2DC32D5ADEF2Annual Arctic Report Card focuses on Indigenous knowledge and resilience after warmest summer on record2023-12-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>The Arctic</h3><p>December 13, 2023</p><p>The 2023 Arctic Report Card highlights unprecedented summer warmth, ecological shifts, and the integration of Indigenous knowledge in understanding and adapting to climate change impacts.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C6BAE95B-BA9F-4B5C-96A8-44F223F85B6A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/852C44F9-1E7C-4BFF-B176-2DC32D5ADEF2'>Read more...</a></p></div>72.6595884687862 -137.168725680461uuid:1731EAE3-0323-4592-A326-202894ED8E60El Niño heads north: how tropical weather impacts the Arctic 2023-12-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada</h3><p>December 5, 2023</p><p>El Nino is causing warmer and drier conditions in the Arctic, leading to record warm falls in Northern communities and challenging traditional hunting and trapping due to delayed ice formation.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/5ED51843-3FC9-4FA7-AA21-D9BC099A6141'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1731EAE3-0323-4592-A326-202894ED8E60'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.456 -114.35255uuid:89EBC2E6-47EA-4F76-9BDC-7DCFB4AB3174How studying arctic ground squirrels can help advance human brain health2023-12-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 3, 2023</p><p>Researchers are studying arctic ground squirrels, whose unique hibernation abilities may offer insights into treating human brain injuries and diseases.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B1D07438-91AE-42F5-9A6B-2B131BE64362'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/89EBC2E6-47EA-4F76-9BDC-7DCFB4AB3174'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.6358675746153 -153.180996665583uuid:7300D532-CE2A-49E9-BA8E-82BED05BB839The world briefly smashed through the 2-degree warming limit for the first time ever 2023-11-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Earth</h3><p>November 21, 2023</p><p>The world surpassed the 2-degree warming threshold for the first time, signaling an urgent need to address greenhouse gas emissions as climate impacts worsen.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0AE3C0D4-5F8E-4F46-AC7C-233B35FE8517'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/7300D532-CE2A-49E9-BA8E-82BED05BB839'>Read more...</a></p></div>35.6037187406973 -29.3470685840708uuid:B2EFBDCC-6E9A-46D1-97FC-1B025FD96A96Alaska communities must adapt as climate change transforms state, federal report says2023-11-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 15, 2023</p><p>Alaska communities are facing significant challenges due to climate change, including the disappearance of snow crabs, threats to subsistence hunting and fishing, and difficulties in processing and storing food, but some communities are taking action and developing local climate adaptation plans with the support of funding and collaboration between different governments and agencies.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/6FE2E9C5-FD9D-4A6E-9B04-6C01CAF730FF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B2EFBDCC-6E9A-46D1-97FC-1B025FD96A96'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.6358675746153 -153.180996665583uuid:4DD687A8-619C-40D8-B9BD-20B9FE59274FMore than 100 dolphins found dead in Brazilian Amazon as water temperatures soar2023-10-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>São Paulo, Brazil</h3><p>October 3, 2023</p><p>More than 100 dolphins have died in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the past week as the region grapples with a severe drought, and many more could die soon if water temperatures remain high, experts say.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/E8F5BA22-70EE-4EBA-981D-071B9CC52383'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4DD687A8-619C-40D8-B9BD-20B9FE59274F'>Read more...</a></p></div>-22.1094894817875 -49.0703911972935uuid:8CA8EB19-73AD-4AE0-A4A6-A07CD0C4AE0CU.S. Energy Department climate scientist visits Utqiaġvik to highlight permafrost and climate change research2023-10-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 1, 2023</p><p>A U.S. Energy Department climate scientist visited UtqiaÄ¡vik to evaluate research progress on permafrost and climate change, highlighting the importance of accurate measurements and models in predicting future climate patterns in the Arctic.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/46BAD3CE-6792-49FF-8308-B9BAFFB5967F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8CA8EB19-73AD-4AE0-A4A6-A07CD0C4AE0C'>Read more...</a></p></div>71.29058 -156.78872uuid:8C7D5ACB-84C6-411C-8056-D6C20A5583BB‘Too hot’ for salmon: How climate change is contributing to the Yukon salmon collapse2023-09-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Yukon River, Alaska</h3><p>September 26, 2023</p><p>Researchers say climate change is playing a big role in the collapse, which has left thousands of people along the river without the salmon they depend on. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/02A1BA8A-56C6-4E5C-9925-39B23C97B8A9'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8C7D5ACB-84C6-411C-8056-D6C20A5583BB'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.2198939361321 -155.602534474998uuid:7ED470C4-B67C-4C1A-B541-1365A4B1A090Efforts underway to save salmon trapped in B.C. lake due to drought 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>September 13, 2023</p><p>More than 80 per cent of B.C.'s water basins are experiencing level 4 or 5 drought conditions, with salmon in many parts of the province struggling to make it to their spawning grounds.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/392B33B3-5BDC-40B3-BADA-9814339E14BF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/7ED470C4-B67C-4C1A-B541-1365A4B1A090'>Read more...</a></p></div>50.675827 -120.339415uuid:51904978-6165-4142-AA6B-F8E86ACE8655Just how hot was July? Hotter than anything on record2023-08-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>August 16, 2023</p><p>A new report from NOAA and NASA confirms that last month was the hottest July ever recorded, driven to new heights by human-caused climate change.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/AB5E5062-4EEB-491B-97B4-5521931FA8E7'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/51904978-6165-4142-AA6B-F8E86ACE8655'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:8A95C722-54F9-4E61-9D1A-872ED91A7A46Wildfires in the Interior, potential drought in Southeast as record heat drags into August2023-08-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 7, 2023</p><p>There are now 140 active Interior wildfires, with Southeast Alaska seeing "abnormally dry" conditions.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0F672A8C-E8F2-4802-8DDC-C1E959A44324'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8A95C722-54F9-4E61-9D1A-872ED91A7A46'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.6358675746153 -153.180996665583uuid:82C2F294-8132-4CA7-A009-931CA486565EHarmful algal bloom monitoring gets underway2023-07-30T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 30, 2023</p><p>The R/V Sikuliaq is a familiar sight in the Port of Nome. The ice-breaking research vessel is owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. This year, while the vessel is out at sea it will be collecting water that could signal whether a bloom is occurring.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/510D7E90-A5B9-47A2-82B8-90B022375443'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/82C2F294-8132-4CA7-A009-931CA486565E'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.50111 -165.40639uuid:962BB088-EA0A-4FB8-85D0-D328D2DA9C8DIt’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground 2023-07-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Phoenix, Arizona, United States</h3><p>July 24, 2023</p><p>The temperature of asphalt and pavement and concrete and sidewalks in Arizona on a warm sunny day or summer afternoon is 180 degrees sometimes. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4A3C635C-923B-49B0-A30E-96CDE063554D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/962BB088-EA0A-4FB8-85D0-D328D2DA9C8D'>Read more...</a></p></div>33.44838 -112.07404uuid:26DF3E3B-28FF-449A-843F-32B25E288F12As record heat bakes the Lower 48, Anchorage contends with its coolest summer in years2023-07-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T19:56:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 19, 2023</p><p>Anchorage is cool and wet this summer as the rest of the world bakes in the sun and heat. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/60D23AB4-811D-4317-9D8C-A8F42EB46792'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/26DF3E3B-28FF-449A-843F-32B25E288F12'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.21806 -149.90028