Avalanche monitors say danger remains high in Turnagain Pass, Girdwood and Portage.

Deteriorating conditions on the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road have prompted the Northwest Territories government to close the winter highway for the season.

The NWT broke a symbolic temperature barrier as a heatwave continued. There were warnings over ice roads and spoiled meat, and questions about climate change.

A late start means the community of just over 130 must rely more heavily on air transport, which adds to the cost of goods brought in town.

Despite daytime closures, evening events expected to happen on schedule this week.

“It started breaking into pieces beneath us,” said Phillip Rode.

Warm ocean temperatures are keeping ice thin, which become easily moved by the wind. This ice movement separates commercial and subsistence crabbers from their gear, and have led to the loss of both crabbing and mining gear.

Rising ocean levels are causing waves to break on the statues and platforms built a thousand years ago. The island risks losing its cultural heritage. Again.

Opalescents, also known as market squid, are showing up in waters previously considered too cold for them, and fishermen are paying attention.

Fishing businesses in Mat-Su warned that the rules could hurt the state's tourism economy.

In less than three years, the number of animals on the island of Kolguyev dropped from more than 12,000 to only 153.

Persistent warm temperatures the last few weeks have melted much of the snow, including stockpiles the city tried to set aside.

Last year, 2014, was the hottest year ever recorded on Earth. Unlike other worldwide problems from which Canadians might feel relatively safe and isolated, but Canada is actually ground zero of global climate.

There has been a lack of snow in the Golovin area ever since the January 2014 warm spell.

Japan was filled with scenes of desperation a day after an 8.9-magnitude quake, as survivors called for help and rescuers looked for people buried in rubble.