Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter
Rick Thoman, Brian Brettschneider, Richard JamesAnalysis and context for Alaska and Arctic climate, climate change and extreme events in content.
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2026 Arctic Wildfire Season Recap
The 2026 high latitude wildfire season is not finished, but it is winding down. Total wildfire in the Eurasian Arctic was much higher than 2025. In North America the area burned this year to 2025, but was much more concentrated in the North...
Late August 2026 Arctic Sea Ice & Snow Update
Melt rates are starting to decrease in the Arctic as solar heating wanes, and the annual sea ice extent minimum is likely to occur in mid-September. At this point, it’s clear that 2026 will have a “typical” minimum extent for the post-2010...
El Niño and Arctic Autumns
This is the next installment looking at how Arctic climate conditions have played out in past El Niños. My post on summers in the Arctic during El Niño is here. For a visual explanation of what El Niño is and its global impacts, Climate Bri...
August 2026 Sea Ice Update
Sea ice extent
Sea ice continues to melt in the Arctic, with the annual minimum about about four weeks out. The first half of August has seen dramatic changes in ice extent on the Pacific side of the Arctic (Fig 1 left). We are at the...
August 2026 News Updates
Just a couple of quick notes:
Juneau Mendenhall River Flooding
The now “every-August” glacial lake outburst flooding on the Mendenhall River near Juneau is now (Noon AKDT August 12 ) underway, as water has broken through the ice dam...
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Alaska and Arctic climate specialist 40 years experience as a professional in weather and climate. Currently with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Alaska-based climate scientist.
Climate scientist with the World Climate Service, operated by Prescient Weather. Lead author since 2014 on the Alaska-focused Deep Cold blog: http://ak-wx.blogspot.com
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