Weather conditions including drought are effecting vegetation in Punjab and other areas of Pakistan.

The latest tally of beetle kill shows more than 550,000 acres of forest with dead spruce from the ongoing infestation this year alone, much of it in Mat-Su.

Delphiniums (Delphinium glaucum) are still growing late in to the season.

Fireweed blooming in mid-late September after other plants have gone to seed.

Spruce branch girdling causing discoloration in tree.

Discolored spruce (Picea sitchensis) needles

Farmers in Edmonton and into northern Alberta, still have plenty of crop out on the fields and the early arrival of winter conditions does not bode well for harvest season.

Prickly rose plant is blooming when others have gone to hips.

Unusually warm September temperatures.

"They are extremely fresh-looking, as if it were the springtime."

South Florida beaches faced a sargassum assault this summer that some scientists believe is part of the largest spread of the nomadic marine weed on record, and one that could continue through September.

NOAA and NASA satellites measured an average sea-surface temperature of 68.93 degrees Fahrenheit in the Gulf of Maine on Aug. 8, only 0.05 degrees below the all-time record high of 68.98 set in 2012. It is the epicenter of the U.S. lobster fishing industry, an important feeding ground for rare North Atlantic right whales .

Front page of the Daily News-Miner documents a late blooming rose during a colder than average August.

The spruce along the highway between mile 157 and 162 show signs of stress, the tips of the branches are orangish and the deep green of the trees are fading.

An unusually dry, hot summer means Sweden will see smaller yields of crops like wheat, barley and oats.

The British Columbia government has declared a state of emergency to support the provincewide response to the ongoing wildfire situation.

Sargassum, a type of seaweed, is creating problems as it washes up across the Caribbean.

Spruce rust (Chrysomyxa ledicola) fungal spores found along the banks on the Kuskokwim River

Mexico, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) The massive arrival of sargasso on the coasts of Quintana Roo, one of Mexico's main tourist centers, is causing concern among tourists, researchers, authorities, businessmen and residents.