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The 2025 Arctic Report Card is full of information on the vital signs of the Arctic. There are some additional visuals contributing to the love of the Arctic and why it’s so precious.. check out the videos and photo contest this year! #arcticreportcard#rickthoman

This years report card has some fun visual additions, thanks for sharing your expertise with us, Rick!

Rick Thoman~20th Edition~Arctic Report Card 2025 - Alaska Climate and Aviation Podcast The 20th edition of the Arctic Report Card was released on December 16th, 2025 with an impressive compilation of scientific reports on the Arctic. Today's conversation is with editor and long-tim...

Chatting about the Arctic Report Card with @akktwriter.bsky.social on the Alaska Climate and Aviation podcast. #akwx #Climate

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Looking for climate experts at #AGU25 right now who can comment on these administration plans to break up UCAR. DMs open.

Just in case someone needs to simply look at a babbling brook and a frozen river in Alaska.
#pausethenews#meditation

December 8th, 2025
Short days of winter getting colder now in ANC.
#winterSolstice#near

Wowza.. hold on tight

Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: THE ROUNDUP Celebrating Alaska Native Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Month by getting to know books authored/illustrated by Alaska Native creators is great, but know what’s even greater? Fin…

Whether for a Cyber Monday purchase or for reading all year long, here’s all 44 #Indigenous created books from #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth. If you click on the link for that book’s day, there are additional links to purchase all of the #books that were featured.

#nativeamericanheritagemonth #book

Sheeprise over Turnagain Arm this morning.

Beautiful!

The camera really caught the colors more than the naked eye…

ooo, ahhh!! So cool! What a show.. maybe another one tonight…

When the lights are out…

Kipnuk leaders reflect on what federal help could have done before the storm, and what can be done now The village has sued a federal agency over its canceled climate resilience grant and refutes claims that the money would have been wasted.

Kipnuk leaders reflect on what federal help could have done before the storm, and what can be done now alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...

Boretide~Turnagin Arm~Alaska
October 24, 2025 6:35 pm

This is horrible. It appears as though the tidal gage at Kipnuk has set a record (records go back to at least 2000) and the gage on the Kuskokwim River at Bethel is at the highest level it's been this century.

A major storm is bringing dangerous flooding and hurricane-force winds to Western Alaska The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday.

At least 20 people are unaccounted for in Kwigillingok, in the Y-K Delta as of Sunday morning, and several homes were flooded and carried away by the remnants of Typhoon Halong - the worst storm on record.

Damage is still being assessed along the coast of Western Alaska
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Thanks for sharing your expertise with the Alaska Climate and Aviation Podcast. What a high tide in Anc and breezy on Oct 8th, 2025!

Kotzebue Storm~Oct 8th, 2025~Rick Thoman - Alaska Climate and Aviation Podcast A strong storm impacting Kotzebue on Oct. 8th, 2025 ...(one year after a 2024 storm)has the community evacuated from homes along the coast to the high school, which is on higher ground. Climatologist,...

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Coastal flooding in Kotzebue, watching Typhoon Halong, and Arctic Report Card 2025.
#rickthoman#kotzebue#storms
@alaskawx.bsky.social

Tough on rural communities….

Where’s the not like emoji!!

How to improve your health at any age, even after setbacks New research finds that declining well-being is not inevitable as we age. Older adults can regain health, even after setbacks.

New research finds that declining health is not inevitable as we age. It can also be a time to get healthier and stronger.

Nice shot!!

Groups Sue E.P.A. Over $7 Billion in ‘Solar for All’ Grants The lawsuit accused the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally revoking the money without congressional approval.

A coalition of solar energy companies, labor unions, nonprofit groups and homeowners sued the EPA on Monday over its termination of $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes.

Sounds like world travel/educational/are we having fun yet
Kind of experience!😃😇🏔️

Lots of bird activity in large numbers with cranes and geese…this one, was solo.

Alaskan fall early September
And there’s a full blood moon!
#outdoors#lunarvibes

Two Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped.

Memo to Donald Trump; Closing your eyes doesn’t make the wolf at your door disappear. Destroying climate monitoring satellites we paid millions for doesn’t make climate change go away. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...

Boo!😅

Evening Light🌈