Climate and Health E-News
This e-newsletter is distributed weekly via listserv by the Center for Climate and Health at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. It's an up-to-date source of information on climate-related health issues in Alaska and other areas of the circumpolar north. Here are links to recent editions. To subscribe to the newsletter click here.
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- No. 100, February 3, 2012—LEO, Killer Whales, Precipitation Atlas, Task Force Report, and Murmurations
- No. 99, January 27, 2012—New Gardening Guidelines, Debris Poses No Radiation Threat, River Erosion Mapping, Top Climate Events of 2011
- No. 98, January 20, 2012—Sea Ice Decline and Seals, Arctic Duck Illness, Boreal Ducks Decline, and Adaptation in European Birds
- No. 97, January 13, 2012—Snow Storms, Snow Load, Snow Shoveling, and Permafrost Impacts on an Arctic Village
- No. 96, January 2, 2012—Epic Weather, Ice Seal Die Off, Russia's Ocean Radiation Legacy, and Attack of the Jellyfish
- No. 95, December 23, 2011—Sick Seals, Traveling Sea Lions, Reducing Polar Bear Conflicts, Shellfish Growers, and Our Favorite Holiday Video Clip
- No. 94, December 16, 2011—Ocean Methane, Shrubification, Polar Bears as a Threat, and Tularemia in Alaska
- No. 93, December 9, 2011—Shaktoolik Impacts, Fukishima Ocean Releases, Fish Diet Healthy for Young and Old, Canada Sea Ice Change, Wind Storm in Scotland (video)
- No. 92, December 2, 2011—Seal Illness, Building on Permafrost, a Changing Kenai Peninsula, Shrinking Mussels, the Arctic Report Card
- No. 91, November 23, 2011—Rapid Tree Growth, Weather and Arthritis, Alaska Real-Time Sensor Map, Cost of Climate Disasters, Nursing in Nunavik
- No. 90, November 11, 2011—Mega Storm, Swedish Snowbirds, Seal Disease, China Market, Storm Video
- No. 89, November 4, 2011—Health Effects in Kiana, Alaska, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Pike versus Char, Seal Surveillance, Bridging the Arctic Health Divide
- No. 88, October 28, 2011—Seal Sickness, an Ozone Hole over Canada, Mercury in the Yukon River, a Cold Spot in the Bering Sea
- No. 87, October 21, 2011—Declining YK Salmon, Infected BC Salmon, Shrinking Animals, and Opportunistic Crabs
- No. 86, October 13, 2011—Ringed Seal Die-Off, Necropsy of Orcas, Thin Ice, Fall Whaling
- No. 85, October 7, 2011—Circumpolar Map, Ozone, Mosquitoes, Sea Ice Loss, Orca Video
- No. 84, September 30, 2011—Community Impacts, Costs in Canada, Species Movement, Inuit Food Security, Sea Ice Video
- No. 83, September 22, 2011—Seabed Methane, Atlantic Fish Stocks, Bowheads & Adventurers in Northwest Passage, Vitamin D & Skin Pigment
- No. 82, September 15, 2011—Walrus Haul Out, Ocean Methane, Indigenous Observations, Mendenhall Glacier, Invasive King Crabs
- No. 81, September 8, 2011—Pathogens in the Arctic, C. burnetti in Fur Seals. U.S. Weather Extremes, and Food Security in Nunuvut Children
- No. 80, September 1, 2011—Building Floating Homes, Cliff Climbing Polar Bears, Childhood Asthma, Wild Rice
- No. 79, August 26, 2011—Walrus Monitoring, Salmon Parasites, Healthy Fish Oil, Unique Immune System of Cod Fish
- No. 78, August 19, 2011—Pacific Northwest Algae Blooms, Northwest Alaska Fungi Bloom, Shifting Atlantic Mackerel, and the Plight of Bumblebees
- No. 77, August 11, 2011—Barometric Bones, Extreme Weather, Arctic Cod Fisheries
- No. 76, August 5, 2011—Tundra Fires, Tracking Dust, Arctic Vitamin D Deficiency, Boreal Forests
- No. 75, July 28, 2011—Invasive Crab, Water Vulnerability in Homer, Unusual Lightning in Finland, Thawing POPs in Canada
- No. 74, July 22, 2011—Juneau's Glacial Flood, Heat Stroke in AK, Harmful Algae Blooms, Exotics in Nunavut, Early Spring in Alberta
- No. 73, July 15, 2011—Drifting Ice Island, Alberta Caribou Decline, E-Coli in Streambeds, Alaska Caterpillar Infestation, Marketing Traditional Foods in Sweden
- No. 72, July 7, 2011—Climate Change in Noatak, Plane Crash Trends, Farm Animal Disease, Climate Advocacy by American Medical Association
- No. 71, June 29, 2011—Wildfire Smoke, Rainwater Safety, Snowfall and Fungus, Invasive Whales
- No. 70, June 24, 2011—Ocean Health, PSP Bulletin, Salmon-Human Health Connection, Health Impact
- No. 69, June 16, 2011—Bear Behavior, Shellfish Poisoning, and Food Security
- No. 68, June 3, 2011—Ice Roads, Extreme Heat, Acidification, Abalones, and the Future of Marine Mammals
- No. 67, May 27, 2011—Sea Ice Forecasting, Bacteria in Hailstones, Tribal Workshop, Marine Mammal Infections, Temperature Effects on Fish, Climate Video III
- No. 66, May 20, 2011—Spring Ice in Beaufort, Changes for Greenland Women, Shifting Treeline, Sami Health, New Marine Ecosystem Film
- No. 65, May 12, 2011—Ocean Acidification, Ice Warning in Finland, Type 2 Diabetes, Marine Ecosystem Series Film 1
- No. 64, April 21, 2011—Coastal Erosion, Sick Salmon, Red Fox in the High Arctic, Russian Heatwave, a Household Carbon Calculator
- No. 63, April 14, 2011—Arctic Ozone, Sea Ice Projections, Children and Natural Disaster Stress, Mapping for Emerging Global Diseases
- No. 62, April 7, 2011—Fresh Water Change in Arctic Ocean, Stewards of the Walrus, Studying Climate and Infectious Disease, Summer Infestations
- No. 61, March 31, 2011—Tundra to Forest, Community Health Effects, Good Salmon Diet, and Flood Forecast for Alaska
- No. 60, March 24, 2011—Rural Climate Observers, Permafrost and Carbon, Zoonotic Disease, Ozone Hole Update
- No. 59, March 17, 2011—Arctic Ozone, Disaster Preparedness, Air Pollution and Health, Arctic Plankton
- No. 58, March 11, 2011—Ice Breaking Tankers, Safety at Sea, Fran Ulmer at Helm of USARC
- No. 57, March 3, 2011—Health Impacts in Arctic Alaska, Shifting Boreal Forests, Invasive Chokecherries, Toxic Lake Algae
- No. 56, February 24, 2011—Koyukuk, National Parks, Permafrost, Toxic Algae
- No. 55, February 15, 2011—Climate Vulnerability, Harvest Restrictions and Monitoring Plan
- No. 54, February 7, 2011—Health Effects in Kivalina; Ice Storm Impacts on Wildlife
- No. 53, January 28, 2011—Bird Disease, Weather Observation Capacity, Lemmings, Greenland Ice Sheet Update
- No. 52, January 20, 2011—Glacier Melt, Arctic Biodiversity, Season Influence on Deer Rut, Climate Impacts on Rural Water
- No. 51, January 13, 2011—Stressed Salmon, Ice Storm Impacts on Trees, Bering Sea Shipping, New PSP Test
- No. 50, January 6, 2011—Savoonga Electrical Outage, Hazards of Glacier Travel, Vitamin D and Infant Respiratory Infections
- No. 49, December 29, 2010—CO Poisoning, 2010 Natural Disasters, Alaska Natives and Pandemic Flu
- No. 48, December 23, 2010—The Genetics of Polar Bears, New Harmful Algae Detection Method, Ocean Acidification Report
- No. 47, December 15, 2010—Northern Wildfires, Inuit Knowledge, Warming Lakes, Ringed Seals
- No. 46, December 9, 2010—Brucellosis Fact Sheet, Fish & Game Strategy, Weather and Children's Injuries, Vitamin D in the Arctic
- No. 45, December 2, 2010—Ice Storm, Siberian Methane Seeps, Invasive Aquatic Plants
- No. 44, November 23, 2010—Brucellosis, Long Term Effects of E.coli, Arctic Tundra Fires
- No. 43, November 19, 2010—Rising Seas, Ocean Waves, Sitka Squirts
- No. 42, November 11, 2010—Warming Water, King Crabs, and Ocean Acidification
- No. 41, November 4, 2010—Long Fishing Season, Wild Berry Benefits, and Climate Impacts on Northwest Canada Waterfowl
- No. 40, October 28, 2010—Toxic Algae Update, NOAA Report Card, Survival of Arctic Plants, Community Voices
- No. 39, October 21, 2010—Toxic Algae, Arctic Parasites, USARC Climate Dialogue
- No. 38, October 13, 2010—Northwest Caribou Update, New Seaweed Guide, UAA Climate Grant, Invasive Shrubs and Human Disease
- No. 37, October 6, 2010—Caribou, Blueberries, Water Cycle
- No. 36, September 29, 2010—Point Lay Walrus, Chukchi Skate, Northwest Arctic Climate and Health Summit
- No. 35, September 14, 2010—Walrus, Narwhals and Sea Ice
- No. 34, September 8, 2010—Hot Water for Salmon and Trout, and a new Audubon "WatchList" for Alaska Birds
- No. 33, September 1, 2010—Climate Change Assessment Report - Point Hope, Alaska, Arctic Home Design, Fairbanks Air Quality and Health
- No. 32, August 27, 2010—PSP in Alaska and Maine, the Shrinking World of Blue Mussels
- No. 31, August 19, 2010—Arctic Rivers, Baffin Island Wasps, Western Arctic Caribou
- No. 30, August 15, 2010—Greenland's Ice Island, Alaska Inupiat and Walrus, Greenland Inuit and Food Security
- No. 29, August 6, 2010—Russian Fires, Soot and Climate Change, U.S. Forest Service Roadmap
- No. 28, August 4, 2010—Lots of rain, a longer growing season, and the great "thrip" infestation
- No. 27, August 2, 2010—Ocean Temperature, Phytoplankton and Biodiversity
- No. 26, July 22, 2010—Yukon River Polar Bear, Climate Effects on Mt. Marmots, Vitamin D Levels in Adult Canadian Inuit
- No. 25, July 19, 2010—PSP, Yukon King Salmon, Vitamin D Research
- No. 24, July 14, 2010—Flooding in Alaska, Melting Glaciers in Greenland
- No. 23, July 10, 2010—Water Security
- No. 22, July 2, 2010—Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
- No. 21, June 18, 2010—Arctic Flora and Fauna
- No. 20, June 15, 2010—Arctic Sea Ice, MRSA
- No. 19, June 4, 2010—Changing Glaciers
- No. 18, June 1, 2010—Arctic Toxins and Thawing Everest
- No. 17, May 31, 2010—Arctic Health Resources and Search and Rescue Technology
- No. 16, May 25, 2010—Record Tree Pollen / Arctic Infections
- No. 15, May 21, 2010—Polar Bear Research and NRC Climate Change Adaptation Report
- No. 14, May 14, 2010—Traditional Ice Cellars (bulletin)
- No. 13, May 10, 2010—Permafrost Research, Sea Ice (video)
- No. 12, May 4, 2010—Climate Effects on Polar Bears
- No. 11, April 23, 2010—Traditional House Design
- No. 10, April 15, 2010—Climate Effects on Mental Health (bulletin)
- No. 9, April 13, 2010—Dangerous Ice Conditions
- No. 8, March 31, 2010—Ocean Acidification (podcast)
- No. 7, March 26, 2010—Forum on Climate Change and Health (podcast)
- No. 6, March 3, 2010—Climate Effects on Community Water Supply
- No. 5, February 25, 2010—Grizzly Bears in Polar Bear Country
- No. 4.2, February 18, 2010—Community Flood Study
- No. 4.1, February 17, 2010—Sea Level Change
- No. 3, January 29, 2010—Sea Ice, Whales, and Walrus
- No. 2, December 29, 2009—Melting Glaciers
- No. 1, December 22, 2009—Methane Seeps (video)
- December 15, 2009—Coastal Erosion (video)
- August 4, 2009—Wildfires