State and North Slope Borough officials say Point Lay’s drinking water lake was wiped out by the nearby Kokolik River, which flooded and eroded the lake banks.
Participants in the expedition of the institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Clean Arctic - East - 77” reported the appearance of more southern species of spiders and birds in the Arctic Circle. The unevenness of their appearance at the same geographic latitude showed that the northern border of their ranges did not shift along the entire length, but formed several protrusions in the northern direction in the form of petals. "Petal thawing” referrs to the emergence of zones with a width of 50 to 200 kilometers at the southern base where permafrost is thawing.
Bird Flu cases continue to rise in Alaska and are spreading across the state. Note: in Anchorage this has included two bald eagles and four Canada goose.
Nearly 4 inches of rain has already fallen at Ted Stevens, with more rain on the way.
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