AlaskaWx

AlaskaWx, 9 months ago to Canada

How "over the top" is this year's #wildfire season across #Canada? The 13.7 million hectares burned (thus far) is seven times the 1980-22 median and is 56 percent higher than the previous highest seasonal total (1989)! That's WAAAY over the top. Data from Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. #Summer2023 #CanadaWildfire

AlaskaWx, 7 months ago to climate

In case you were wondering, why yes, the world is still the warmest of record for this time of year, which has been the case almost every single day since early June. Graphic from U. Maine Climate Reanalyzer. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Climate

AlaskaWx, 7 months ago to climate

Near-global daily average ocean surface temperatures have been at record high levels since mid-March and are still remarkably high at the time of year when the global average #sst typically approaches the lowest levels of the year. Because water is so much more dense than air, this is so, so impactful for the entire Earth system and will reverberate for many months. Graphic courtesy Climate Reanalyzer/U. Maine. #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Oceanography

AlaskaWx, 6 months ago to worldwithoutus

Say goodnight: Tuesday saw the last sunset of the year at Ulġuniq (Wainright, Inupiat country), at 70.64ºN the second-most northerly community in Alaska. This FAA webcam image is from almost exactly solar noon, with the sun at its highest point in the sky for the day. Next sunrise will be on January 20, 2024. NWS automated wx station has not reported online for a month. #akwx #Arctic #Autumn2023
@Climatologist49 @cinderbdt

AlaskaWx, 7 months ago to random

JFK Airport rainfall 9pm Thursday to 5pm EDT Friday 8.62 inches (218.9mm). That’s a new 24-hour rainfall record, and it’s still raining. Previous record 7.80 inches (198.1mm) August 14, 2011. #nywx @BakerRL75

AlaskaWx, 6 months ago to worldwithoutus

Sea ice in October 2023 north of Alaska and the Russian far northeast coast was less extensive than last year and of course far below typical late 20th century typical levels. The Pacific side of the #Arctic is a very different place environmentally in the autumn than it was even 30 years ago. #akwx #Climate #Autumn2023
@Climatologist49 @ZLabe

AlaskaWx, 4 months ago to worldwithoutus

Looking to learn more about the changing Arctic in an easy, self-paced course that is completely free? Then look no further than our "Climate Change in Arctic Environments" MOOC. Read more about it:

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/climate-change-in-arctic-environments

PS: Check out the intro video, featuring legendary Arctic climate scientist Dr. John Walsh.

#Arctic #akwx #UAF #ClimateChange

AlaskaWx, 8 months ago to worldwithoutus

The American Meteorological Society 2022 State of the Climate is out. Below is the link to the #Arctic Chapter.

"Rapid warming due to human-caused climate change is reshaping the Arctic…Observations over the past 40+ years show a transition to a
wetter Arctic, with seasonal shifts and widespread disturbances influencing the flora, fauna,
physical systems, and peoples of the Arctic."
#akwx #Climate

https://ametsoc.net/sotc2022/SOTC2022_Ch5-TheArctic.pdf

AlaskaWx, 7 months ago to Alaska

This Anchorage Daily News article may be paywalled, but if you can read this piece by Seth Kantner, please do. It speaks to my heart on how climate change is impacting our beloved #Alaska before our very eyes. For some of us of a certain age, solastalgia, the sadness and mourning for the environment we loved but that's been lost, is very real.

#akwx #ClimateDiary #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
@pvonhellermannn @CarrieinFbx

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2023/09/23/the-spruce-trees-like-old-people/

AlaskaWx, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to Hydrogen

First snow of the autumn was Monday in Fairbanks. This makes 5 out of the past 6 autumns when the first snow (with or without any accumulation) has not come until October. First snow used to be sometimes in late Aug or early Sept, but that has only happened once since 1990. The typical date of first autumn snow nowadays is about 10 days later than than it was a century ago. #akwx #ClimateChange
@CarrieinFbx @anisian @leepetersen

AlaskaWx, 2 months ago to linguistics

Tanacross #Dene #Language #Alaska

Dene beadwork is world renowned for good reason.

natl’êdz "beads"
natl’êdz nihkón’n "shiny beads"
natl’êdz nih’ées I’m sewing with beads
ch’ink’ón’ "dentalium necklace"

PS: if you're like me, this pix, showing beautiful beadwork by Maggie Roach (Upper Tanana Dene) brings on powerful sensory memory: just looking at this triggers the vivid smell of smoked moose hide.
@ScoterD
@DinjiiZhuh

AlaskaWx, 9 months ago to climate

Worlds oceans between 60°S and 60°N have (preliminary analysis) equaled the highest average sea surface temperature on record that was set in early April 2023. This quite unusual given that the (near) global peak in #sst most years occurs in late March or early April. Graphic courtesy U. Maine/ClimateReanalyzer. #Climate #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Oceanography
@Climatologist49 @pvonhellermannn

AlaskaWx, 8 months ago to climate

I realize I'm shouting into the void, but I'll say it again: El Niño is not the cause of every extreme weather and climate event. El Niño does not have time travel capability to cause events that started in February when El Niño only emerged in June and has (as is typical) taken a little while to couple to the atmosphere. 😱 #Climate

AlaskaWx, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to australia

Planet Earth was not only record warm July through September 2023 but was also unusually dry. Globally, this was the lowest July-September precipitation since 2000. #Australia and #Malaysia, #Brazil, eastern #Europe and parts of Africa standout as unusually dry. Southwest US and eastern Mediterranean well above average precipitation. Data from ERA5 courtesy of ECMWF/Copernicus. #Climate #ClimateMonitoring @ZLabe @Climatologist49
*Inadvertently attached wrong graphic. Now with correct graphic.

AlaskaWx, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to Alaska

Honoring Indigenous People’s Day. Alaska and NW Canada’s First Nations peoples have been thriving here for millennia. There are place names that unambiguously refer to the landscape as it was 7 to 10 thousand years ago. Humbled to have lived for most of my life on the traditional and never ceded lands of the Tanana Dene. Dendeey S̲h̲uh Iin: Tsíná’ęę #Alaska #IndigenousPeoplesDay

AlaskaWx, 4 months ago to worldwithoutus

The sun is back at Noatak, Alaska (Inupiat county north of Kotzebue). Noatak sees nearly two weeks without a sunrise (this year Dec 15-27). Clear skies Saturday show the upper limb of the sun just visible on the southern horizon on this pix taken close to solar noon. At pix time a mild 12F (-11C) and north wind 15 mph. Image courtesy FAA. #akwx #winter #Arctic
@Climatologist49

AlaskaWx, 8 months ago to worldwithoutus

One of the most dramatic changes with #Arctic sea ice recent decades is the nearly complete loss of old ice. #SeaIce that had survived through at least one complete summer used to comprise most of the ice remaining at the end of the summer, and on the Pacific side of the Pole, old ice that had survived through at least 4 summers dominated. Check out the difference in ice age Aug 27-Sep 1985 (left) vs. same week this year (right), courtesy NSIDC.#ClimateCrisis
@Climatologist49 @SigneAaboe

AlaskaWx, 5 months ago to climate

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication has released the autumn 2023 update to their "Global Warming’s Six Americas", documenting US attitudes toward climate change. From this graphic, it's perfectly clear that attitudes are locked in, spite of all that has happened in the past five years. 😢
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange @pvonhellermannn

https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/about/projects/global-warmings-six-americas/

AlaskaWx, 4 months ago to Alaska

#SilentSunday #Alaska

AlaskaWx, 5 months ago to Alaska

Arctic Report Card 2023 is on the street. Here’s a nice summary.
#Alaska #Arctic #Climate

https://theconversation.com/arctic-report-card-2023-from-wildfires-to-melting-sea-ice-the-warmest-summer-on-record-had-cascading-impacts-across-the-arctic-218872

AlaskaWx, 4 months ago to Alaska

Important article on Indigenous food sovereignty and security in Alaska:

https://www.hcn.org/issues/56.1/food-an-alaska-native-mutual-aid-network-tackles-the-climate-crisis

#alaska #Indigenous

AlaskaWx, 3 months ago to random

Alaska heat: Fairbanks Airport Tuesday 1230pm AKST up to 44F (6.7C). This is a new record high temperature for Feb 20, previous record of 41F (5.0C) set in 2008. It’s also the highest February temperature in 20 years. Climate observations in the Fairbanks area since late 1904. #akwx #Winter2024 @Climatologist49 @CarrieinFbx @anisian @debmcqueen @dboo @mivox

AlaskaWx, 2 months ago to Alaska

#SilentSunday #Alaska #Mushing

AlaskaWx, 1 month ago to worldwithoutus

Sea ice extent as of March 30 in the Bering Sea is almost exactly at the 1991-2020 median and 30 percent higher than the end of March last year in NSIDC data. Ice loss in Kuskokwim and Bristol Bays has been notable in the past week, while in the central Bering Sea, the ice edge has been pushed south a bit by moderate north winds. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce #Spring2024
@Climatologist49 @ZLabe

AlaskaWx, 1 month ago to random

Yeah! After a multi-month outage, the Nome Convention and Visitors Bureau webcam is back online. Friday evening 30F (-1.1C) and light winds. Pix looking south across Front Street to the Bering Sea beyond. #akwx @Jdnome