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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 06/05/2026

HERE IT IS! In August 2025, a massive landslide brought a big chunk of mountainside into the Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska, causing the second-largest tsunami ever recorded. My latest for @eos.org is the story of the forensic investigation, and why the culprit is climate change: 🧪

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The Forensics of a Skyscraper-Sized Tsunami - Eos

A landslide in Tracy Arm Fjord in Alaska created the second-largest tsunami on record. A new analysis links this abrupt event to the retreat of a glacier and, ultimately, to climate change.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2026

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I was thinking that today’s minus 25 sunrise was peaceful and relaxing. Then the horde arrived.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Fairbanks airport low temperature Wednesday morning of -41F (-40.6C) ties the record low for March 11, first set in 1930. This is the fourth day this month to tie the daily record low. No new record lows have been set (thus far, anyway). #akwx #weather #Climate @bikewritedave.bsky.social

List of decoded hourly weather observations at Fairbanks airport showing the low temperature for the six hours ending at 953am AKST of -41F.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I've seen this one pop up on other channels. I feel this message to the center of my freeze-dried shell of a heart. I think I'll bathe a dog to see if that jumpstarts mud season.

An anthropomorphic moose with antlers, a fur hat, poofy jacket and a cup of Kaladi Brothers coffee standing in the snow. Text: Spring Forward? How fricking far did you move it?

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Fairbanks' streak of consecutive days with high temperature at or below 0F (-18C) ends at 32 days, the second longest on record and the longest since the winter of 1917-18. All the other top-ten longest streaks were set prior to 1980. #akwx #climate @leahwrenn.bsky.social @themattphelps.bsky.social

Bar plot of the ten longest streaks on days with high temperature at or below 0F at Fairbanks between 1905 and 2026. Except for 2026, all were set before 1980 and all but two were set before 1960.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Fairbanks average temperature for 2025 of 30.1ºF/-1.1ºC tied for the 10th warmest year since 1930. There hasn't been a "top ten" coldest year in the 21st century, but half of the top ten warmest years have occurred since 2000. The typical year is now 3ºF warmer now than before 1960. #akwx #Climate

Time series graphic showing the annual average temperature at Fairbanks each year between 1930 and 2025, with the 10 highest and lowest values highlighted as well as an estimate of the time varying average.

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

If Fairbanks, AK, they have spent more hours in 2025 below 0F than above 60F; more hours below -20 than above 70F; more hours below -35 than above 75F; and twice as many hours below -40F than above 80F. @alaskawx.bsky.social

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I love the cartoons. Sourdough Jack was in his prime in that era.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Good news Fairbanks: with the airport currently sitting at -48F/-44C, the lowest temperatures in North America right now (Sunday morning) are right outside your window. So get out and carpe that diem. #akwx #AlaskaSky

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

#NoKings in Fairbanks, Alaska. A little snow. A lot of people.

Person dressed in inflatable balloon dog costume with sign reading ‘Inflatable Balloons not Fascist Buffons”

Crowd of people carrying anti-Trump protest signs. One in a frog costume.

Protest sign “The only ICE we want are for sculptures” in Fairbanks.

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” — H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Happy first full day of fall in Fairbanks!

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Moose calves are so cute. Mama, less so, but still fascinating. The dogs you may hear are safely secured in the back yard.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Early morning moose visitors. The calf is growing fast.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Ever hear a yearling moose talk? Turn it up - this one is a chatterbox.

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Fascinating! Ice cleaving and a 200 ft tower rises from the water.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I’m sure there’s a good story behind this.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The dogs woke us up about 3 a.m. to let us know we had visitors. A sow grizzly and 3 cubs.

Four grizzly bears walk across a yard near Fairbanks, Alaska, behind dogs in pens.

Four grizzly bears are bunched up as they walk behind sled dog pens.

A young grizzly bears walk across stands up as it looks at barking dogs while another bear walks by.

A group of grizzly bears walks across a yard in Fairbanks, Alaska, behind sled dog pens.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Mama and baby moose in Two Rivers. It’s growing fast.

Young moose of the year eats grass in a clearing with mama moose in the background

Young moose follows mama moose through a clearing with a large junked truck in the background

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Our resident fox found some dinner. The coyote got none.

A fox trots down a gravel driveway with a squirrel in its mouth

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Looking north from Cleary Summit on the Steese Highway northeast of Fairbanks at 200am AKDT Wednesday. This is solar midnight, as dark as it gets 3 days before solstice. 59F and south wind 8 mph at picture time. Image courtesy Alaska DOT and PF. #akwx #AlaskaSky @climatologist49.bsky.social

Photo looking north from Cleary Summit showing some clouds in the sky and an orange color horizon, Spruce trees and hills in the foreground.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Game cam captured a coyote on the driveway last night, just a few minutes after a fox trotted by.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Barge on the Yukon River pulling away from the bank by the Dalton Highway bridge.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We expanded the garden this weekend. It’s now about 1,200 square feet, or almost as big as my house. I hope my neighbors like zucchini.

An aerial view of a garden near Fairbanks with raised beds and few visible plants.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Nosy neighbors are checking out the derelict camper van and cabin next door. Plenty of room for a playground for the weeks-old mini-moose.

A baby and mama moose look at a derelict cabin and camper van in an overgrown yard.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Calypso orchid. Fairy slipper. An ephemeral spring beauty.

A group of bright pink orchids in the shape of a lady’s slipper with spotted white and yellow tongues

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We have a couple of penny-bright new residents in the neighborhood

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I’m such a fabulous gardener. I dug up the chives last fall and was so happy they stayed alive all winter. Added them every so often to scrambled eggs, etc. Yesterday I realized I was nurturing grass. Not chives. No wonder they tasted bland.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Today’s fox photo, mud-season edition.

Muddy fox walking down a driveway with snow lingering in the ditches.

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Alasjules @alasjules.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Early morning moose just moseying along.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

The tripod on the Tanana River at Nenana tipped over Saturday evening but Sunday morning it's still in place and clock is running. The tripod must move 100 feet downriver to stop the clock. Past 50 years the median break-up date is April 30. Image courtesy of #NenanaIceClassic. #akwx #Spring2025