The polar bear is a powerful symbol of the effects of climate change in the Arctic.  Here in New England, our symbol may soon be the sugar maple tree. 

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.

3/24/15 Early golfing - Palmer, Alaska, USa

Warm weather has made for unsafe traveling conditions, including a snowmachine race.

1-9-15 Record high temperatures - Bethel, Alaska, USA

A rare winter robin has been spotted in Bethel and it has folks wondering what exactly it means. Locals and a biologist say they think it has to do with climate change.

By this time of the year, we usually have 2-3 miles of shore-fast ice that sticks to our beach. We as a village have not done our winter harvest of seals and walrus, and we are worried that we will not be able to bowhead whale hunt.

11-13-14 Unseasonable warm - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

Hunters noticed some herring were starting to spawn near Cape Denbigh. The herring scheduled to arrive on May 25th, are over a week early.

Laysan albatross chickens died from causes related to abnormal Santa Ana winds

There has been a lack of snow in the Golovin area ever since the January 2014 warm spell.

2-25-14 Seasonal change - Nightmute, Alalska, USA

Copper River largely open.

1-3-14 Where is the snow - Solomon, Alaska, USA

Folks here are famous for being able to handle the cold, but anything wet in December has always made us nervous. Especially wet falling from the sky. Lately, weather, our favorite nemesis, has broken the rules. Our confidence in the most-trustworthy feature of the Arctic -- winter -- has been wounded.

11-30-13 Delayed winter - Nondalton, Alaska, USA

Sixty-one thousand reindeer starved to death in the northwestern reaches of the Russian tundra in November 2013 in the largest recorded mortality event of its kind.

11-1-13 Boats still on the river - Koyukuk, Alaska, USA