26 February 2022 / ArcticToday / Yereth Rosen
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Alaska worries about salmon runs as climate change warms Arctic waters

Alaska, United States

With marine heat waves helping to wipe out some of Alaska’s storied salmon runs in recent years, officials have resorted to sending emergency food shipments to affected communities while scientists warn that the industry’s days of traditional harvests may be numbered. Salmon all but disappeared from the 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) Yukon River run last year.


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