7-11-13 Red phytoplankton bloom - Jakolof Bay, Alaska, USA

There were extreme rain events in September of 2012 that caused landslides, erosion and ultimately blockage of a culvert over Jakolof Creek.

6-26-13 Risky ice conditions for whaling - Barrow, Alaska, USA

Residents were amazed to see lightning actually arching down to the ground.

6-19-13 Extreme temperature Bethel, Alaska, USA

6-18-13 Extreme heat - Koyukuk, Alaska, USA

Each spring, it seems, the air of Alaska is filled with the buzz of mosquitoes and the whines of people declaring that this is undoubtedly the worst bug season they've ever experienced. This year they may have a case.

6-6-13 Bald eagle with facial abnormality. King Salmon, Alaska, USA

Rabbit Creek jumped its banks Friday morning on the Anchorage Hillside, washing over a bridge and prompting police to knock on doors asking people inside to evacuate.

The Anchorage Police Department is warning parents to be cautious after three separate incidents in a week involving toddler-aged children falling out of windows opened in the warm weather.

High spruce pollen levels causing eye, respiratory irrigation and nose bleeds.

6-10-13 Strange bug - Anchorage, Alaska, USA

6-8-13 Low water level - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA

6-5-13 Risky ice for whaling - Barrow, Alaska, USA

6-3-13 Erosion disrupts swallows - Evansville, Alaska, USA

6-2-13 Low number of birds - Golovin, Alaska, USA

Two horned grebes have settled in Reykjavík Pond in the city centre, RÚV reports. It is the first time the species is found nesting at the location. At the turn of the century, the horned grebe population was placed on a watchlist due to its decline, but it seems to have made a recovery since. […]

For a couple years, Sand Point residents have observed an increasing number of the non-native leopard slug.

For the second year in a row, the Anchorage area set a new snowfall record. This year it wasn’t the amount of fluffy stuff that went down in the history books — last year Anchorage had more than 11 feet — but the days between the first and last snowfall.