A 24-hour, 245 mile survey of fireweed plants from Anchorage to Seldovia revealed an almost complete absence of flowering.
The rain in July has been persistent and in some cases intense. At Cheney Lake there is plenty of evidence about the wet summer.
Air quality in parts of Trinidad are being impacted by Sahara Dust and causing respiratory symptoms for residents.
Foam or saliva-looking substance on seen on flowering plants like fireweed and yarrow.
Factors like reduced summer precipitation, extreme heat events, and ponderosa pine's superior drought resilience highlight the need to adapt reforestation practices to species more suited to changing environmental conditions.
While subsistence salmon fishing, community members from Port Heiden found a skate in the net, which is unusual for them.
This bird was a noticed on the beach landing area of the community but not touched.
An observer's unexpected catch of a Stonecat in Alberta's Milk River reveals a native species of concern, prompting a draft recovery strategy for this and other at-risk fish.
Black oystercatchers have returned to Nanwalek, Alaska, and three eggs have been spotted on the beach.
Tribal member from St. Mary's, Alaska noticed this on her when she went back inside her home. Turns out it is an elm sawfly, Cimbex americana.
This video shot on June 11th outside of Kotzebue shows red-necked phalaropes displaying circling behavior.
This past winter/spring has been incredibly wet here - I wonder if that has something to do with the emergence of this slime mold.
Over the last several weeks the algae bloom has ranged from significant covering the surface of the lake in many places to today seeing patches of the bloom here and there on the surface. It can also be observed below the surface near the shoreline.
Dead birds suspected to have died from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been found on Kigigak Island and Tutakoke River in Alaska, with other bird species displaying unusual behaviors.
The river in Noatak is slowly cutting away parts of the road. This is an on going problem and the observation by Jeffrey Luther provides the latest in a series about erosion and related impacts.
This post is an update on the river erosion situation in Noatak, where a new channel is being cut by the Noatak River.
"My son found this helmet floating here in Prince William Sound."
This is the quietest spring I’ve experienced. It’s not my hearing. The Merlin app is hardly picking any bird songs up.
I have never seen so many little tunnels on my lawn before.
“We spent the weekend outdoors camping on the peninsula and notices shoreline grasses has dried and shriveled.”
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