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5/11/12 News - Climate Change and Alaska Natives, Part 5 - A hunter's hobby has become a scientific legacy in research on climate change in the Arctic

Anchorage, AK (2012-05-09) In the annals of climate change, there's a story that stands out. It's about a hobby that created a scientific legacy. Leonard Apangalook has a masters in the traditional ways of his ancestors on the Bering Sea's remote Saint Lawrence Island. He, like other Native hunters, noticed the climate was changing, but he went further. He started writing down his observations.

5/10 - Climate Change and Alaska Natives, Part 4 - Melting sea ice is expected to stress marine mammals that live on it; Could that be why seals, walrus, and polar bears are getting sick and dying with lesions and fur loss?

Anchorage, AK (2012-05-09) Climate change is expected to cause sea ice to withdraw farther from shore, putting stress on the animals that live on sea ice. When sick seals started showing up in Barrow in 2011, some thought this was the latest evidence of global warming. Johanna Eurich reports that tracking clues behind the ring seal's sickness created an international effort, with Alaska Native hunters working with biologists in a way that may provide a model for responding to future changes in the Arctic.

5/9/12 News - Climate Change & Alaska Natives, Part 3 of 5 - Alaska Native elders noticed climate changes long before the climate became headlings

Anchorage, AK (2012-05-08) Decades ago, Native elders noticed changes and advised the young to prepare for hard times. Johanna Eurich speaks to some who listened, in part three of KNBA's five-part series on climate change.

5/8/12 News - Climate Change and Alaska Natives, part 2 of 5 - We visit a village sinking into melting permafrost

Anchorage, AK (2012-05-07) Climate change is melting Alaska's permafrost. In Selawik, the land is sinking as the ice melts. Johanna Eurich went to the Inupiaq village in Northwest Alaska to find out how residents are coping.

5/7/12 News - Climate Change and Alaska Natives Series, Part 1 of 5 - Could warmer water temperatures be contributing to increased Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning?

Anchorage, AK (2012-05-07) This week KNBA looks at climate change and the ways Alaska Natives are responding to warmer lands and waters. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, caused by an algae that blooms in warmer water temperatures, seems to be on the rise. One Alaska Native group has begun a statewide PSP monitoring program.

Our Alaska May 04, 2012 (part 1) Climate Change & Alaska Natives

Anchorage, AK (2012-05-10) Our Alaska joins in on our KNBA News department series, Climate Change & Alaska Natives. This is a one hour program.

Our Alaska May 04, 2012 (part 2) Climate Change & Alaska Natives

Anchorage, AK (2012-05-10) Our Alaska joins in the KNBA News Department special series, Climate Change & Alaska Natives. This is part 2 of the one hour program.