The dozens of wildfires burning in the West are a symptom of our increasingly variable climate.

Pipes are built over bulging and unstable Arctic pingos prone to violent eruptions caused by 'thawing methane gas', as seen twice on the Yamal peninsula this year.

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A number of plants are growing oddly "out of season".

A biologist peers into his collection jar to find an example of the green caterpillars that have been dining on willow bushes, making brown batches on the landscape in and about Nome.

The village of Anvik along the west bank of the Yukon River has an increase in defoliation associated with caterpillar numbers.

Of the 89 wildfires burning across Alaska right now, several are in the northern part of the state, either in the Arctic or near its southern boundary.

Wildfires burned through thousands of acres of Great Plains farm and ranch land in the 1980s. Today, wildfires are likely to char millions of acres. The

A wildfire north of Delta Junction has reignited. The more than 8,000-acre South Fork Salcha Fire was started by lightning earlier this month in a remote area about 70 miles southeast of Fairbanks.

A foliage disease epidemic that killed shore pines near 10 Mile and other areas around Haines appears to have subsided, according to a U.S. Forest

The leaves, in general, don't look too healthy. They seem to lack vitality and are shriveled in many places.

Farmers that "sugar" are frustrated with the short Spring sugaring season and are looking into alternate ways to collect the sap.

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A haze surrounding the hills had a distinct smell of burned wood.

Late Mossberry (Empetrum nigru) Bloom

“We really don’t know when the problem started and whether it was a long-term situation this winter, but the bottom line is that it appears that salmonberry and blueberry were affected by the amount of cold and the depth of cold that we had that killed the winter buds and killed the above-ground stems of those plants,” Pyle said.

An abundant harvest of various berries this year.

A problem for outboards.

Residents puzzled about origins of underground fire.