Alaska Climate Research Center
Alaska wildfires are spreading at a rapid pace. There have been 365 fires confirmed by the end of June 2022 (ref.: Alaska Interagency Coordination Center Wildland Fire Dashboard). Almost 1.8 Mio acres have burned, which exceeds the end-of-June acreage of any record fire year (i.e. 2004, 2005) to date since observational data exist. Abnormally dry […]
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June 23, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a slightly lower rate of 5.18% from the level on 06/16/2022 of 10.772 M km2 to 10.214 M km2 for this week.
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June 16, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a slightly higher rate of 5.45% from the level on 06/09/2022 of 11.393 M km2 to 10.772 M km2 for this week.
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June 9, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a higher rate of 5.03% from the level on 06/02/2022 of 11.977 M km2 to 11.393 M km2 for this week.
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June 2, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a higher rate of 3.98% from the level on 05/26/2022 of 12.473 M km2 to 11.977 M km2 for this week.
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May 26, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a very slightly higher rate of 2.42% from the level on 05/19/2022 of 12.782 M km2 to 12.473M km2 for this week.
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May 19, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a slightly higher rate of 2.35% from the level on 05/12/2022 of 13.090 M km2 to 12.782 M km2 for this week.
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With temperatures warming and green up in Fairbanks just around the corner, it’s safe to say that the snow season has come to a close. At some locations, the 2021-2022 snow season was one for the history books due to notable snow- (and rain) storms and record breaking snowpack accumulations. Below are charts of accumulated
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May 12, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a lower rate of 1.11% from the level on 05/05/2022 of 13.237 M km2 to 13.090 M km2 for this week.
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May 5, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a higher rate of 3.02% from the level on 04/28/2022 of 13.649 M km2 to 13.237 M km2 for this week.
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