The snow cover in Anchorage and the Chugach is disappearing very quickly. Go out and get it while you can!

Warmer than normal temperatures in Anchorage may be causing willows (genus Salix) to bud early.

Officials have confirmed a tornado touched down Friday afternoon in Eastern El Paso County. It was spotted on Curtis Road between Highway 24 and Highway 94.

The western coast line of India is prone to oil pollution. Marine tar deposition is heaviest during early monsoons or monsoons months.

Willows budding about a month early 30 miles above the Arctic Circle.

One of the main winter highways in the Northwest Territories turned into a swamp this week following unseasonably high temperatures.

Avalanche monitors say danger remains high in Turnagain Pass, Girdwood and Portage.

A golden plover, traditionally believed to announce the arrival of spring in Iceland, was spotted in Stokkseyri on March 28, a little later than usual. They spends the winter as far south as North Africa, returning north to breed.

Weather is relatively consistent around this time of year, but this season, storms have come in quickly.

Deteriorating conditions on the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road have prompted the Northwest Territories government to close the winter highway for the season.

Despite daytime closures, evening events expected to happen on schedule this week.

In Yellowknife, the territorial capital, temperatures climbed above zero over the weekend, breaking a record high on Sunday with a temperature of 3 C.

“It started breaking into pieces beneath us,” said Phillip Rode.

Warm ocean temperatures are keeping ice thin, which become easily moved by the wind. This ice movement separates commercial and subsistence crabbers from their gear, and have led to the loss of both crabbing and mining gear.

NENANA — Early warm spring weather is adding a lot of excitement to the Nenana Ice Classic this year, resulting in a surge of last-minute ticket sales.

Wales lost shorefast ice early in the season. Ice along the shore has been crushed and broken. This is a very unusual event for Wales as many of our hunters rely on great ice conditions for whale and other sea mammal catch for food.

“You could take your sailboat and sail from Dillingham all the way to Little Diomede and never see much more than an ice cube.

Warm temperatures break 30 year record.

Snake wakens early from winter sleep. He is a sure spring sign, but is not happy in February. If you see a viper at this time of year, then there may be several snakes in the vicinity.

Thousands of years old ice disappears all over Norway. Dag Inge Bakke (42) is among those struggling to save the frozen archive of the past.