For one day last week, the village of Deering needed to use a boat to get to the airport.

Arctic sea ice last month reached its greatest extent for the season, and it was the lowest in the satellite record. Now researchers say that ice is also younger and thinner than it once was.

Over the past few months, a massive toxic bloom of the marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia, stretching from central California to the Alaska Peninsula, has resulted in significant impacts to coastal resources and marine life. NOAA has been working closely with federal, state, tribal, academic, and other partners to respond to this unprecedented harmful algal bloom (HAB).

No Permanent Winter Ice and Early Break Up For Nome

Previously, the dredging started around May and ran through October, but the past three winters it has started earlier and run longer.

Rapid changes raise questions.

Photos and observations of the sheen thought to be caused by a fuel leak in the village of Shishmaref.

Around Isla Todos Santos, a massive Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) bed die-off was observed, which may be linked to the 2015-2016 El Niño event.

Warm water threatens marine habitats off the coast of BC

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.

4-29-14 Sea ice rescue - Barrow, Alaska, USA

The sea is our garden for food and other things.

3-5-13 Changing sea ice - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

Since early February, the gulf, and beaches and islands surrounding it, have been in the throes of one of the worst blooms of red tide in recent years.

According to a report from Peru 21, local fishermen in Lambayeque, north Peru, were first to notice the inexplicable rise in dead dolphin appearing on shore -- averaging roughly 30 per day.