Title: What climate change looks like in Alaska now - Anchorage Daily News
Headings: What climate change looks like in Alaska now
What climate change looks like in Alaska now
Since the mid-20th century, Alaska and the Arctic have been warming about twice as fast as the global rate. Over the past five decades, average Alaska temperatures have increased by 3.4 degrees Fahrenheit, with the increases most pronounced in winter -- a change noticed by Native elders decades ago.
Winter 6.3 degrees warmer
Weather changes, weather extremes
Melt and thaw  glaciers and permafrost
Forests, fires and plants
Wildlife on thin ice
Erosion, villages and culture
Food security, health and safety
Ocean acidification pronounced in Alaska waters
Cold Rush
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Content: Waves pound against the sandbagged seawall in Kivalina, Alaska on September 13, 2007. A storm surge and pounding waves sheared off large segments of Kivalina's multimillion dollar sea wall causing more than 200 residents to evacuate the village built on a slender strip of land. Weather changes, weather extremes
Alaska in the past few years has been posting some of its warmest temperatures on record, with new marks in various places for all-time highs, daily highs, high daily lows and lack of snow. That is part of a global pattern. The world's 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1998, and last year was the hottest ever measured. July was the hottest month on record and 2015 — with the help of the brewing El Nino system in the Pacific — is poised to break the annual record. It can be difficult to parse out the differences between the chaos of daily weather from medium-term cycles from long-term climate change, experts say. "Weather is what clothing you put on in the morning, and climate is what clothing you have in your closet," Fresco said. " Weather is still a day-to-day thing that can vary enormously." Beyond the day-to-day and year-to-year fluctuations, some long-term trends have emerged.