My hubby just sent these from Anchor Point, Alaska. He's been down there fishing for halibut and hanging out with friends. Gorgeous sunset on the beach. #Alaska#SummerInAlaska#AnchorPoint#SunsetInAlaska
There were so many flowers yesterday despite it being so early in greening up at Table Top Mountain in the White Mountain National Recreation Area, Alaska.
Our junior Senator, Dan Sullivan (R) Ohio, is a completely useless MAGA tool. BS right-wing trolls spread a story that Denali NPS told construction workers to take down a U.S. Flag. The story is complete BS. #Alaska#DenaliNPS
What's up with rivers in Alaska's Brooks Range? They are turning orange, likely because nearby permafrost is thawing and causing all sorts of downstream effects...
fishing boat cruise over to the Baird glacier to hike moraines. wildflowers and arctic terns haven’t arrived yet, so felt a little lonely, but always an amazing place to tromp around. we may have pushed some giant rocks down a big moraine hill 🪨
We went out to the Kenai Wildlife Refuge near Sterling, Alaska today. We call it Skilak for short as most of the lakes, trails, campgrounds, etc. are on Skilak Road within the Refuge. It's about 15 miles from where we live. Started out cloudy and then we had some sun. The lakes were all lovely. #Alaska#SummerInAlaska#KenaiWildlifeRefuge#SkilakRoad
I truly hate human beings when they do something so cruel and unnecessary as shooting a bear in the face "because they could" after Park Rangers told the folks to leave the bear alone. It happened in Eagle River, Alaska and I hope they are caught/punished. Photo by Bradan Tobin #Alaska#AlaskaBear#CrueltyToABear
The warmest 12-months in millennia for the Earth as a whole is right now. For the Arctic though, the warmest 12-months was in 2016, with the post-2019 years notably less hot.
I explore the "where" and "why" in the latest Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #akwx#Arctic#Climate#Alaska
"Eight young #Alaska residents sued the state on Wednesday seeking to block a major gas project, the latest in a string of #climate-crisis-related #lawsuits by youths arguing that government policies promoting fossil fuels violate their rights.
The lawsuit asks the court to block the Alaska #LNG project from proceeding, and to declare that a law mandating its development is unconstitutional. "
And so #Anchorage food weekend begins: Ordered a garlic chicken pizza from The Peanut Farm. Food options are limited this time of night, but the fine Peanut Farmers send food out the door until 10:30pm.
It’s a very fine late night greasy pizza, and bigger than expected. I know what I’m having for breakfast all weekend.
I added obligatory red pepper flakes & some truffle-parm shaker seasoning (didn’t see any plain parm in the pantry), and now I’m ready to fall asleep on the couch. #AlaskaLife
Today’s #Anchorage#Alaska food was goat curry from Everest restaurant (with a garlic naan, a side of raita, and a mango lassi).
SO tasty, but why oh why is goat always so full of bones? I can’t blame the restaurant for that, because when I bought some goat (to make a goat curry) from a butcher shop in Fairbanks a few years ago, it was cut in an equally bony way. Whyyyy? I just want to enjoy some nicely cooked goat meat without having to pick every last bit of it off a little cut piece of bone.
Eight young people are suing the government of Alaska – the nation’s fastest-warming state – claiming a major new fossil fuel project violates their state constitutional rights. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/alaska-youth-climate-change-lawsuit
The state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation has proposed a $38.7bn gas export project that would roughly triple the state’s greenhouse gas emissions for decades, the lawsuit says. Scientists have long warned that fossil fuel extraction must be swiftly curbed to secure a livable future. #climate#litigation#Alaska I did some fieldwork on previous climate litigation in Alaska https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118264/
Alaskan rivers turning orange due to climate change, study finds (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Dozens of rivers and streams in Alaska are turning rusty orange, a likely consequence of thawing permafrost, a new study finds.