Hundreds of dead sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) found along the shores of White Sands Beach.
Murres along Cape Thompson are migrating earlier, allowing coastal community residents to collect eggs a few weeks earlier than normal.
Smoke from the North River fire is impacting outdoor air quality. The ADEC Division of Air Quality has issued an air quality advisory in effect from Tuesday, June 18, 2019 8:00 AM to Friday June 21, 2019 4:00 PM.
Because of the increased travel distance, only families with larger boats were able to participate in the hunt and bring back enough to make the trip cost effective. With a heavier load in the boat, one family ran out of gas trying to get home and had to be rescued.
Kettle ponds in Denali National Park contain less water this spring than in previous years, due to low snowfall and permafrost thaw. Shrubs are replacing grasses as the lakes dry.
Seasonal swings set drivers up for bad trip.
I rarely see trumpeter swans on the lake, and I don't ever remember seeing them so early.
The sun when direct was intense, definitely not April and not May...more like the month of June.
Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) caught with "pug head" jaw deformity, usually associated with cold water temperatures during incubation.
This morning I heard and saw a robin in Fairbanks right near the fairgrounds. I have lived in Fairbanks for more than 30 years and have never seen a robin this early!
Warm temperatures are rapidly melting snow and creating ice, which creates difficult conditions for dog mushers. Migratory birds are arriving early, and a mosquito emerged months early. Small owls dead around the Goldstream Valley that looked unusually thin.
Warm air temperatures have melted the snow, leaving the soil without the insulation that snowcover usually provides.
Spring has come about a month early. Is the mating season for our state bird, the Willow Ptarmigan, early as well?
The snow cover in Anchorage and the Chugach is disappearing very quickly. Go out and get it while you can!
Warmer than normal temperatures in Anchorage may be causing willows (genus Salix) to bud early.
The western coast line of India is prone to oil pollution. Marine tar deposition is heaviest during early monsoons or monsoons months.
Willows budding about a month early 30 miles above the Arctic Circle.
Weather is relatively consistent around this time of year, but this season, storms have come in quickly.
Warm ocean temperatures are keeping ice thin, which become easily moved by the wind. This ice movement separates commercial and subsistence crabbers from their gear, and have led to the loss of both crabbing and mining gear.
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