Search - Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network

Loss of sea ice leads walruses to early appearance in Alaska

17 Aug 2017

Point Lay, Alaska, United States

Hundreds of Pacific walruses came ashore to a barrier island on Alaska's northwest coast, the earliest appearance of the animals in a phenomenon tied to climate warming and diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice.

CBC News / The Associated Press

Previous Next

	Weather	1534
	Ocean / Sea	962
	Safety	869
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	859
	Ice / Snow Change	851
	Land	843
	Human Health	749
	Transportation	736
	Buildings	661
	Marine Mammals	635
	Land Mammals	629
	Extreme Temperature	602
	Fish	595
	Plants / Kelp	559
	Death / Die-off / Decline	548
	Birds	539
	Unusual Range / Sighting	521
	Seasonal Timing	505
	Extreme Precipitation	478
	Food Security	387
	Sports / Recreation	366
	Insects	323
	Flooding / Draining	315
	Invertebrates	299
	Economic Impact	281
	Extreme Wind	259
	Air	257
	Energy	237
	Fire	219
	Cultural Impact	216
	Unusual Animal Behavior	212
	Permafrost Change	210
	Sanitation	207
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	199
	Unusual Size / Abundance	189
	Landslide / Avalanche	189
	Drought	163
	Pets	159
	Microbes	158
	Erosion	155
	Water Security	152
	Air Quality	138
	Pathogen	127
	Agriculture	124
	Fisheries	124
	Displacement	123
	Pollution	123
	Livestock	118
	Parasite	106
	Rain on Snow	102
	Algal Bloom	86
	Water Management	84
	Glacier Change	83
	Storm Surge	83
	Zoonotic Flu	79
	One Health	78
	Harvest Change	77
	Infestation	73
	Arachnids	70
	Cyclone / Hurricane	56
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	51
	Atmosphere	48
	Earthquake	46
	Injury	42
	Fungi	40
	Groundwater	40
	Thunderstorm	40
	TOURISM	40
	Debris / Trash	38
	Communication	36
	Eruption	36
	Forestry	34
	Aquaculture	32
	Reptiles	29
	Anthrax	27
	Mental Health	26
	Burial Site	25
	Amphibians	25
	Acute Illness	23
	Rabies	21
	Sinkhole / Crater	21
	Sea/Land Level Change	20
	Physical or Chemical Change	16
	Conflict	11
	Relocation	11
	Distemper	10
	Chronic Wasting Disease	9
	Tsunami	9
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	9
	Trichinosis	7
	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	7
	Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning	6
	Chronic Illness	6
	Radiation	5
	Toxoplasmosis	5
	Tularemia	4
	Unusual Variation	4
	Brucellosis	3
	Boreal Pox	2
	Botulism	2
	Anisakiasis / Anisakid	1
	Coronavirus / COVID	1
	Giardiasis	1
	Monkey Pox	1
	Unusual Smell or Taste	1

	United States	2800
	Canada	654
	Russia	190
	Iceland	149
	Finland	124
	Norway	122
	Sweden	71
	United Kingdom	67
	Mexico	34
	Australia	22
	India	22
	Japan	22
	Ireland	18
	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	18
	France	15
	New Zealand	15
	Mongolia	12
	Spain	10
	Greenland	9
	Pakistan	8
	Chile	7
	Greece	7
	Italy	7
	Netherlands	6
	Switzerland	6
	China	5
	South Africa	5
	Argentina	4
	Dominican Republic	4
	Indonesia	4
	Kenya	4
	South Korea	4
	Turkey	4
	Brazil	3
	Faroe Islands	3
	Kazakhstan	3
	Philippines	3
	Poland	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	3
	Afghanistan	2
	Antigua and Barbuda	2
	Barbados	2
	Belgium	2
	Cambodia	2
	Costa Rica	2
	Cyprus	2
	Germany	2
	Honduras	2
	Israel	2
	Morocco	2
	Peru	2
	Saint Lucia	2
	Somalia	2
	Ukraine	2
	Uruguay	2
	Zambia	2
	Aland Islands	1
	Antarctica	1
	Bahamas	1
	Belize	1
	Cuba	1
	Curacao	1
	Denmark	1
	Egypt	1
	Estonia	1
	Falkland Islands	1
	Fiji	1
	Ghana	1
	Guatemala	1
	Haiti	1
	Iraq	1
	Kiribati	1
	Lebanon	1
	Libya	1
	Malaysia	1
	Mozambique	1
	Namibia	1
	Nauru	1
	Nepal	1
	Nigeria	1
	Papua New Guinea	1
	Portugal	1
	Puerto Rico	1
	Romania	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
	Sierra Leone	1
	Singapore	1
	Taiwan	1
	Thailand	1
	Tonga	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands	1
	Vietnam	1
	Yemen	1
	Zimbabwe	1

	Summer	1837
	Spring	1376
	Fall	1313
	Winter	1189

	2025	170
	2024	392
	2023	424
	2022	339
	2021	540
	2020	694
	2019	757
	2018	808
	2017	829
	2016	353
	2015	179
	2014	139
	2013	113
	2012	98
	2011	51
	2010	16
	2009	8
	2008	6
	2007	3
	2005	2
	2004	4
	2003	2
	2002	2
	2001	2
	2000	1
	1999	1
	1998	1
	1997	1
	1990	1
	1988	1
	1983	1

	January	460
	February	390
	March	397
	April	469
	May	559
	June	586
	July	670
	August	643
	September	512
	October	396
	November	460
	December	396

Explore Posts

Submit a Post

Directory

About

My LEO

From		To
	-