This November has not been promising for snow so far. In general, NOAA data and models call for warmer and wetter conditions this winter in Southeast Alaska.
Climate Change
With election of Dunleavy, is Walker’s climate action team out in the cold?
Before the election, Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy said there were “a lot of issues that, in my opinion, are quite frankly and bluntly more important” than Gov. Bill Walker’s Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team.
As the climate changes, Alaska’s DOT works to keep up
“I can recall a time where we would have maybe one good freezing rain event a winter,” said Tom Grman. “And then several winters ago, those were really prevalent.”
In a warming Arctic, October in Utqiaġvik presents an especially striking picture
Billy Adams, a hunter in his 50s, says that when he was growing up in Utqiagvik, there was almost always ice attached to the shore by now.
A warming Arctic means a change of plans for offshore drilling project
As the Arctic warms, Hilcorp is already having to tweak its proposal to accommodate climate change. And future companies looking to drill offshore in the Arctic may have additional changes to plan for.
With rain in the forecast, Ketchikan switches back to hydroelectric power
Ketchikan Public Utilities had been relying on backup diesel generators after an unusually dry stretch of weather. The area just suffered its eighth-driest October on record.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks aviation, climate change during Bethel visit
Climate change and rural aviation are major issues in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. And Sen. Lisa Murkowski addressed both during her visit to the region last week.
Alaskans rally in support of youth climate lawsuit, currently in limbo
“This is no longer a scientific issue, it’s not a scientific question. It’s a moral and spiritual issue,” said Tom Baring of Fairbanks, the father of one of the plaintiffs.
Coastal pacific oxygen levels now plummet once a year
The hypoxia season hits Oregon, Washington and California waters in the summer and can last from a few days to a couple of months. Some years it only affects a few square miles of ocean; other years it’s thousands of square miles.
Ask a Climatologist: Warm early winter topples century-old records
It’s the first time in more than a century with no recorded snow in Fairbanks — not even a trace — this late in October, as of Tuesday the 16th