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.
Wales lost shorefast ice early in the season. Ice along the shore has been crushed and broken. This is a very unusual event for Wales as many of our hunters rely on great ice conditions for whale and other sea mammal catch for food.
Swans have arrived early in Southeast Alaska this year, with most lakes still frozen and no green grass anywhere. Most lakes are frozen; the swan is sticking to a small patch of water surrounded by ice.
Leads appeared following a warm storm, in areas with usually stable, shorefast ice. The leads separate many crabbers from their pots, and are illustrative of how Norton Sound's recent erratic sea ice patterns are altering subsistence opportunities and patterns.
Very strong south winds took out all the sea ice and created an ice pile in front of the village.
Weather had been pouring rain and 45-degree temps for several days leading up to the sighting.
Late freeze on the Lower Kuskokwim produced ice conditions unsafe for travel in November.
Ice conditions on the Yukon have changed since the 1980's. Now, open water is more common in spots along the river, which impacts winter travel.
Heavy spring precipitation leads to strong river flow, sweeping away cabin and fish rack.
Wasatch Mountains near Payson, Utah are snow-free about a month earlier than normal.
Questions raised about the impacts of vehicle exhaust and soot on snow deposition as well as dirt and dust from roads.
Thinner sea ice and melting permafrost. Is it related to changes in the Earth's axis?
Permafrost thaw is affecting houses, roads, and ice cellars.
Rough seas and moving sea ice.
The weather was the warmest I’ve ever seen for this time of year and never seen insects like ladybugs out this time of year.
We've had so much wind this winter, on the 15th of January, the winds were warm!!!!!!
Photograph illustrates the impact of a rain-on-snow event during the winter of 2018.
While taking photos this afternoon of the snow ice on various objects near the Native Village of Unalakleet, which was on the approximate order of 4 minutes and with very little wind (playground, grass, powerlines), my hands were cold due to the "wetness" in the air and the ambient air temperature.
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