Climate Watch

Sea Surface temperatures

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks Sea surface temperatures in early...

Wildfires on the Seward Peninsula

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks Wildfires on the Seward Peninsula are...

Spring Temperatures

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks Western Alaska — not the Bering Strait...

Climate Prediction Center's Outlook for June

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks The Climate Prediction Center, a...

Sea Surface Water temperatures vary

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks Sea ice is rapidly melting in the...

Satellite Observations

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks A “miracle” of modern science is the...

Sea ice remnants in front of Nome on May 5, 2025.

Ocean temperatures in the Eastern Bering Sea

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks Ocean temperatures in the Bering...