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Michelle Theriault Boots /
Anchorage Daily News /
March 4, 2019
“You could take your sailboat and sail from Dillingham all the way to Little Diomede and never see much more than an ice cube.
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Nome, Alaska, United States
Diana Haecker /
The Nome Nugget /
March 2, 2019
Back-to-back blizzards with tons of snow and high winds have hammered Nome since late January and the accumulation of a total of 76 inches of snow is now beginning to take a toll on residents.
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Kotlik, Alaska, United States
Krysti Shallenberger /
Alaska Public Media /
March 4, 2019
Storms battered the southern Bering Sea and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta last month. February storms aren’t unusual, but the amount of rain and flooding is. The combination caused a lot of damage for two communities in the region.
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Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
ALEXANDER ELLIOTT /
RÚV /
March 5, 2019
The golden plover and other species are moving their arrival time up by an average of half a day per year, and have been doing so for the last 20 years.
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Metlakatla, Alaska, United States
Joshua Cohen /
LEO Network /
February 20, 2019
Swans have arrived early in Southeast Alaska this year, with most lakes still frozen and no green grass anywhere. Most lakes are frozen; the swan is sticking to a small patch of water surrounded by ice.
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Juneau, Alaska, United States
Ben Hohenstatt /
Juneau Empire /
March 3, 2019
The number of Arctic terns spending summers by the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center seems to be dwindling.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
KAREN GRAHAM /
Digital Journal /
September 18, 2018
The Gulf of St. Lawrence has warmed and lost oxygen faster than almost anywhere else in the global oceans due to large-scale climate change, raising the possibility the Gulf could soon be unable to support marine life, according to a new study.
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Juneau, Alaska, United States
Lindsey Pierce /
LEO Network /
February 20, 2019
Large number of Red King Crabs (Paralithodes camtschaticus) found on the beach during an extreme low tide. According to fisheries researchers, crabs move to shallow water to hatch and release eggs.
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