Fast moving winter storm left about 4 to 5 inches of snow in the Hunter Creek area, a tributary of the Knik River.

Extreme winter weather conditions.

Catch limits for fishermen are often based on where fish have been most abundant in the past. But they have failed to keep up with geographical changes.

Without sea ice, our beaches are eroding.

Hazardous driving conditions due to freezing rain.

This fall freeze-up was somewhat delayed, not just in the Bering Straits region, but all the way up to Barrow.

Unknown bird sighted on the Alaskan Peninsula.

Are the difference species of bird ecosystems failing or in the process of change?

A new study has warned of the risk to buildings in urban areas across Russia's permafrost zone caused by climate change. The Russian-US analysis says a worst-case scenario could lead to a 75-95% 'reduction in bearing capacity throughout the permafrost region by 2050'.

Dead Crested auklet observed near the southwest end of the Alaska Peninsula.

The death this week of another Puget Sound killer whale makes 2016 one of the worst in recent history for the endangered marine mammals. At least five orcas in the family group J-pod have died in the past year.

We are unsure how the eagle died.

Sea angel (Clione limacina) observed during mid December near Stika, Alaska.

Vital for making its waters so 'pure', one theory is that rising underwater methane leaks are killing off the sponge, but is there a silver lining?

An unusual morning haze "winter fog", was observed, attributed to a layer of moist air trapped near the ground.

The bears that come to the northern village of Kaktovik are climate refugees, on land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding.

From an average freeze-up to rewarming and a lack of snow. The winter weather is now gone making the river ice unstable enough to go across to the community of Togiak for groceries household goods, bad situation.

One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.