A strong storm impacting NW Alaska with high winds and sea level rise (over 6 ft) caused localized flooding in Kotzebue.

SUVA, Fiji, Nov 8 2017 (IPS) - In the Pacific, climate change is an ever-present threat, undermining human rights, livelihoods, and security. Pacific Islanders are working with courage and resolve to build the resilience of their communities and to catalyse international actions towards ending global carbon pollution. While the Pacific has contributed almost nothing to the causes of climate change, the region is determined to lead the world towards a more just and sustainable future. And while often labelled as ‘small island states’, Pacific Island countries are more accurately characterised as ‘large oceans states’ as they are custodians of vast tracts of ocean, to which their economies, culture, identities and livelihoods are inextricably tied.

Hundreds of endangered dead sea turtles have been found floating off El Salvador's Pacific coast under mysterious circumstances, with authorities unable to determine what caused their demise.

Fiji and other Pacific island nations are vulnerable to rising seas that have flooded villages and forced residents to abandon their homes.

Shorter periods of sea ice on Hudson Bay as a result of climate change translate into fewer polar bears in Churchill region.

An incredibly rare octopus invasion may have been caused by recent storms. Storm Ophelia, quickly followed by Storm Brian caused huge waves and storm surges as gusts of up to 80 mph hit the Welsh coast.

The North Water Polynya, between Nunavut and Greenland, is one of the Arctic’s most biologically productive areas — and an important part of the food supply for nearby Inuit communities.

Scientists studying dolphins dining off the California coastline have found that the marine food web is starting to look a little threadbare. The length of food chains in that web appears to have gotten shorter in response to environmental changes — such as those caused by El Niño events.

Disaster funds are reserved for single events, and storms that collectively cause much damage aren't often individually large enough to count as disasters.

‘Catastrophic breeding event’ leads to demands for a marine protected area to be set up in East Antarctica

"All it would take is one or two big storms and these houses you see behind me would be gravely at risk."

There’s a giant hole in Antarctica and scientists aren’t sure why. The hole, which was detected about a month ago, is roughly 30,000 square miles or the size of the state of Maine. It's the largest hole spotted in the Weddell Sea since the 1970s, scientists say.

Waters were expected to reach their highest levels Monday night and into Tuesday.

Cleanup and recovery from the recent storm that battered the North Slope coastline may carry a price tag exceeding $10 million.

I notice fluorescent glowing in the dark: happens to be the tomcods I caught the other day.

An invasion of potentially fatal jellyfish-like creatures on Britain's shores is the biggest ever recorded in the UK.  The P...

Zoom in on this supposed image of sheep on a hillside and you'll be in for quite the surprise.

California sea lions are rare but occasionally show up in Southeast Alaska and have been documented in other parts of Alaska as well.