On Sunday, Austin Ahmasuk went along the beach to his camp at the Sinuk River, about 28 miles from Nome, and shortly after hitting West Beach past the port, he found one dead seabird on the shore.
Teller, Alaska is identified by the US Army Corps of Engineers as one of 31 villages in imminent danger of the effects of climate change.
A biologist peers into his collection jar to find an example of the green caterpillars that have been dining on willow bushes, making brown batches on the landscape in and about Nome.
Extreme winter weather conditions.
Ponds in and around the Nome area are drying up.
Visits Port of Nome before voyage through Northwest Passage.
Blueberries are ripe early!
Alaskas tundra landscapes carpet a good portion of the state, from the North Slope to the elbow of the Alaska Peninsula. Researchers say it's slowly sinking in places -- as much as a fifth of an inch each year.
No Permanent Winter Ice and Early Break Up For Nome
Nome was hit by unseasonably warm temperatures and strong winds.
Low water on area rivers
Nome experienced 2 lightning strikes and thunder Monday morning during a snow squall.A
Pine grosbeak
The northern grasshoppers never been observer here before.
Could invasive insect be an indicator of changing weather patterns?
The bird is not commonly seen in the Teller area.
Mystery mite
Permafrost thaw and storms are drivers.
Heavy rains and flooding.
A snowmachiner was trapped on the quickly moving floe and he was rescued later by a helicopter.
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