Unusually warm September temperatures.

"They are extremely fresh-looking, as if it were the springtime."

South Florida beaches faced a sargassum assault this summer that some scientists believe is part of the largest spread of the nomadic marine weed on record, and one that could continue through September.

NOAA and NASA satellites measured an average sea-surface temperature of 68.93 degrees Fahrenheit in the Gulf of Maine on Aug. 8, only 0.05 degrees below the all-time record high of 68.98 set in 2012. It is the epicenter of the U.S. lobster fishing industry, an important feeding ground for rare North Atlantic right whales .

Front page of the Daily News-Miner documents a late blooming rose during a colder than average August.

The spruce along the highway between mile 157 and 162 show signs of stress, the tips of the branches are orangish and the deep green of the trees are fading.

An unusually dry, hot summer means Sweden will see smaller yields of crops like wheat, barley and oats.

The British Columbia government has declared a state of emergency to support the provincewide response to the ongoing wildfire situation.

Sargassum, a type of seaweed, is creating problems as it washes up across the Caribbean.

Spruce rust (Chrysomyxa ledicola) fungal spores found along the banks on the Kuskokwim River

Mexico, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) The massive arrival of sargasso on the coasts of Quintana Roo, one of Mexico's main tourist centers, is causing concern among tourists, researchers, authorities, businessmen and residents.

A sleepy Lapland fire station is calling in help from all corners to fight the unprecedented wildfires sweeping the region.

Crews fighting forest fires in northern Ontario are receiving help from other provinces, the U.S. and Mexico as they try to contain several blazes after days of hot and humid weather.

Sweden worst hit as hot, dry summer sparks unusual number of fires, with at least 11 in the far north.

New research published in PLOS ONE this week demonstrates dramatic positive benefits for native trees following rat removal at Palmyra Atoll, a magnificent National Wildlife Refuge and natural research laboratory located about 1000 miles south of Hawaii. For five native tree species, including Pisonia grandis, fewer than 150 seedlings were counted in the presence of rats, and more than 7700 seedlings were counted five years after rats were removed.

The iconic pine trees blanketing Jasper National Park may never be the same as a mountain pine beetle epidemic has infected nearly half of the park's pine forest.

The northern gorundcone (Boschniakia rossica)s not commonly found in this area.

The report on Wood Buffalo National Park says industry, dams, climate change and natural cycles are sucking the lifeblood from the vast delta of northeastern Alberta's Peace and Athabasca rivers

Latest reports show 27 fires across Krasnoyarsk region covering 8,682 hectares in. Areas potentially threatening settlements. The forest fire situation is most difficult in Siberia and the Far East, in the Sakha region.