Unknown fish species caught in set-net gear

In just seven years, as much as one-third of the mountain-birch forest in the North Calotte region was severely defoliated by two moth species. Researchers now have a better understanding of what happened.

New beaked whale species: Berardius

We are spotting dead baby 'spotted' and 'ringed' seals washing up on the beach with no signs of lesions or signs of gun shots.

6-12-14 Sick Cod - Tununak, Alaska, USA

From Greenland's ice sheets to Himalayan glaciers and the snowpacks of western North America, layers of dust and soot are darkening the color of glaciers and snowpacks, causing them to absorb more solar heat and melt more quickly, and earlier in spring

Milbert's tortoiseshell caterpillar infestation

Thawing all-terrain vehicle (ATV) trail.

Abundant herring roe, most ever seen during the low tide - Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA

Permafrost thaw and storms are drivers.

Volcanic eruption in the Aleutian's.

6-2-14 Mt Pavlov volcano eruption - King Cove, Alaska, USA

Loss of shoreline and subsistence camps.

5-30-14 Unusually cold and snow - King Cove, Alaska, USA

This sea lion was seen for over an hour floating along the shore and holding one front and one back flipper in the air.

5-27-14 Early salmon berry blossoms - Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA

Fishing this spring and caught a broad whitefish that had a growth.

5-25-14 High spruce pollen McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA

Dry conditions in Southcentral Alaska have resulted in low lake levels including here on the ANTHC campus

5-19-14 Poor air quality - Anchorage Alaska, USA