Willows are budding early, following temperature swings of 40 to approximately -32 degrees Fahrenheit between February and March.
It is so much snow, more than usual this time of the year.
Robins are migratory birds, but may stay in one place if the temperature is warm and/or there is food available.
Warm temperatures bring novel rain event in Northern Sweden.
Open water over the ocean creates conditions that lead to hoar frost and rime ice. These conditions impact travel and are expected to become more common as ice forms later in Norton Sound.
Storm event brought high winds and flooding and landslides to Ensenada.
Warm temperatures are likely causing alders and other woody Alaskan plants to bud in fall and early winter. As winter sets in, the buds are damaged and the plants will produce fewer buds come spring.
Willow and currants are budding unusually late, during an unusually warm fall.
Late budding alder tree.
"During my childhood, Mt. Arrowsmith and surrounding peaks tended to have a fair amount of snow cover; it was into the summer months before it totally disappeared."
Anemone narcissiflora, which typically blooms in June, is experiencing a second bloom in Hatcher Pass.
During a summer of unusually warm temperatures, highbush cranberries (Viburnum edule) are blooming, using buds that would have normally bloomed next spring.
More than 50 birds and a seal were found along the shoreline.
An unseasonable rain event brought high rainfall and led to high water, especially around noon on August 3rd.
"Within a week we saw thousands of shearwaters along the beaches, and witnessed hundreds dead. They would sit on the tideline unable to walk, foraging on dead fish that had washed ashore and trying to feed on the fish in the nets of the set net sites as well."
Thunderstorms are unusual in Unalakleet; however, a thunderstorm cell persisted in the area for longer than usual. Hot, dry conditions across Alaska have increased the risk of wildland fire, including that started from lightening strike.
Large groups of loons are rarely observed in the summer on Homer's Beluga Lake. Over a dozen were observed calling back and forth on Beluga Lake.
Leech found on duck near Selawik.
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