From compromised infrastructure and shifts in plant life, changes resulting from recent climate disruption are tangible.
Climate change erosion caused by melting permafrost tundra and the disappearance of sea ice which formed a protective barrier, threatens houses from the Yupik Eskimo village of Quinhagak on the Yukon Delta in Alaska last month. By Ian Livingston Ian Livingston Email Bio Follow May 8 at 10:42 AM It was another cold season full of records in Alaska, mostly of the abnormally warm kind.
Record early break-up on the Tanana River at Nenana. Nenana Ice Classic says April 14 at 1221am AKST. This is by, six days, the earliest break-up in the past 103 years. The unique way break-up is determined make this climate record invaluable. #akwx @Climatologist49 @NWSAPRFC pic.twitter.com/64ZM66Vmct
“Decreased ice extent and thinner, more mobile ice impacts the subsistence economies of western and northern Alaska communities by eliminating or reducing activities that use ice as a platform to work from,” Thoman wrote in an email. While impacts to some of the most prolific fisheries in the world have yet to show themselves strongly, scientists worry that we may now or soon be crossing thresholds that set off a catastrophic chain reaction.
What's wrong with this lovely picture? Nothing, except it's April 18 and there's open water to the beach in Nome. Photo courtesy Nome Convention and Visitors Bureau. #akwx @Climatologist49 pic.twitter.com/OkyH3OmxFd
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