Alaska’s North Slope Snow-Free Season is Lengthening
![Black Guillemots are mating and laying their eggs earlier each spring due to a changing Arctic climate. Photo Courtesy of Mike Morrison/ Friends of Cooper Island via NOAA Alaska’s North Slope Snow-Free Season is Lengthening](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/animals/Guillemots-courtship_0.jpg)
On the North Slope of Alaska, snow is melting earlier in the spring and the snow-in date is happening later in the fall, according to a new study by Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers. Atmospheric dynamics and sea ice conditions are behind this lengthening […]