Volcanic eruption in the Aleutian's.
5-19-14 Poor air quality - Anchorage Alaska, USA
Wildfire and smoke seen from Hatcher Pass, AK
Laysan albatross chickens died from causes related to abnormal Santa Ana winds
Series of storms contribute to flooding, erosion, infrastructure damage.
5-21-13 Volcanic ash fall - Sand Point, Alaska, USA
3-5-13 Changing sea ice - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA
A snowmachiner was trapped on the quickly moving floe and he was rescued later by a helicopter.
Road dust is unhealthy.
Sea ice conditions making it difficult for community to harvest seasonal fish.
Nunavut is not prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change and doesn't have a plan to deal with them, according to the latest report by Canada's auditor general.
Bison will usually contract the disease from contaminated soil while wallowing in dust baths. Spores develop in hotter temperatures and fluctuating water levels. Cooler temperatures will kill the spores and slow the outbreak.
A relentless heat dome that has parked over the Gulf Coast region for much of summer reached a climax late last week and this weekend, bringing some of the highest temperatures ever recorded from coastal Texas to southern Alabama. The water has also heated up far beneath the surface. In fact, temperatures of nearly 88 degrees are common to depths of 165 feet below the surface, according to data posted to Twitter by Kim Wood, a professor of meteorology at Mississippi State University. University of Miami hurricane scientist Andy Hazelton called the ocean heat “other-worldly.”
"We saw temperatures in the Yukon that were two to three-and-a-half degrees warmer than normal" in July, said David Phillips of Environment Canada. "The one that everybody was shaking their head about in Canada was at Carmacks. The incredible temperature on July the 7th got up to 35.5 degrees," Phillips said.The heat has also increased water temperatures in many parts of the territory. According to Phillips, some lakes are four to five degrees warmer than normal.
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