10-24-13 Warm weather delays subsistence - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA

10-17-13 No ice fishing yet - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA

There were 231 days between the first and last measurable snow fall in the Anchorage region this year. Temperatures have also been significantly below average.

3-5-13 Changing sea ice - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.

11-27-12 Still no snow or Yukon ice - Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA

Aleknagik, November 26, 2012 (ice) Our lake froze weird again this year.

Half of what we usually have this time of year.

Despite the time of year, there is still no snow on the Seward Peninsula.

Late snow seasonal snow fall

The number of rufous hummingbirds visiting southern Vancouver Island over the summer is dropping and the cause may be climate change, says a local bird expert.

Sea ice conditions making it difficult for community to harvest seasonal fish.

Late freeze-up of sea ice along the shoreline

Dubbed the Sphinx, the snow on a remote Scottish mountain has in the past survived for decades at a time.

Nunavut is not prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change and doesn't have a plan to deal with them, according to the latest report by Canada's auditor general.

The wildfire started in a temperature of minus 20C, and is proving hard to extinguish because firemen cannot get water from frozen lakes and rivers. Normally the ground would be under thick snow by this time of year; this November several areas of eastern Russia, like its coldest territory Yakutia, say they are short of snow.

Locals in southern Yakutia share surprise over bare ground, as Russia’s leading meteorologist says some areas of Siberia are 12C too mild.

The female and cub left the family den a month earlier than usual, which is extremely atypical for these animals. Experts consider this case to be unique - they have not yet encountered such behavior of polar predators.