Record-Breaking Heat in Alaska Wreaks Havoc on Communities and Ecosystems

Each winter, frigid air transforms much of the Bering between Russia and Alaska into sea ice. Beyond the immediate impacts on people and infrastructure, less ice in the Bering and in the neighboring Chukchi Sea to the north have far-reaching atmospheric effects in Alaska. Meanwhile, hundreds of kilometers south of the Bering, the balmy winter contributed to above-average sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Alaska.

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