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Kwigillingok, Kuskokwim Bay

Kwigillingok is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the west bank of the Kwigillingok River about 2 miles (3.2 km) inland from the northern shore of Kuskokwim Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) south-southwest of Bethel and 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of Quinhagak, Alaska.

Bear Cove, Kachemak Bay

Bear Cove is a small embayment on the Kenai Peninsula that extends southeast for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the southeastern coast of Kachemak Bay between Bear Island to the south and Chugachik Island to the north, about 57 miles (92 km) south of Kenai and 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska.

Yahtse Glacier, Icy Bay

Yahtse Glacier starts from the south flank of Mount Miller in Barkley Ridge at an elevation of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) and flows generally southeast for 40 miles (65 km) through Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve to a tidewater terminus between Guyot Hills to the west and Karr Hills to the east in Icy Bay, about 152 miles (245 km) east-southeast of Cordova and 71 miles (115 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Bainbridge Glacier, Port Bainbridge

Bainbridge Glacier, Port Bainbridge

Bainbridge Glacier originates on Pinnacle Mountain at the edge of the Sargent Icefield on the Kenai Peninsula, and flows east for 10 miles (16 km) to Port Bainbridge, about 47 miles (76 km) south-southeast of Whittier and 36 miles (58 km) east of Seward, Alaska.

Rookery Falls, Passage Canal

Rookery Falls, Passage Canal

Rookery Falls is on the northern shore of Passage Canal in Prince William Sound, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Anchorage and 1.7 miles (1.9 km) north-northeast of Whittier, Alaska.

James Lagoon, McCarty Fjord

James Lagoon, McCarty Fjord

James Lagoon is a drowned cirque basin about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide, partially enclosed by the remains of a terminal moraine, on the western shore of McCarty Fjord in Kenai Fjords National Park, about 51 miles (82 km) southwest of Seward and 40 miles (64 km) east-southeast of Homer, Alaska. 

Juneau, Gastineau Channel

Juneau, Gastineau Channel

Juneau is the state capital, situated at the mouth of Gold Creek on Gastineau Channel, about 93 miles (150 km) northeast of Sitka and 87 miles (140 km) south-southeast of Skagway, Alaska.

Jug Handle Cove, Ecological Staircase

Jug Handle Cove, Ecological Staircase

Jug Handle Cove is a California State Natural Preserve made up of a series of ancient marine terraces, known as the Ecological Staircase, which exhibit different stages of ecological succession at the mouth of Jug Handle Creek, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Fort Bragg and 5 miles (8 km) north of Mendocino, California.

Yale Glacier, College Fjord

Yale Glacier, College Fjord

Yale Glacier is a massive tidewater glacier in College Fjord of Prince William Sound that starts at an elevation of 9,270 feet (2,826 m) between Mount Cardozo and Mount Einstein in the Chugach Mountains and flows generally southwest for 17 miles (27 km) to Yale Arm, about 48 miles (77 km) northeast of Whittier and 43 miles (69 km) west-northwest of Valdez, Alaska.

Scidmore Bay, Gilbert Peninsula

Scidmore Bay, Gilbert Peninsula

Scidmore Bay, enclosed by the Gilbert Peninsula to the east and the Fairweather Mountains to the west, lies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 119 miles (192 km) southeast of Yakutat and 43 miles (69 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

Crescent Beach, Ecola State Park

Crescent Beach, Ecola State Park

Crescent Beach lies between Ecola Point and Chapman Point in Ecola State Park, about 20 miles (32 km) south-southwest of Astoria and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is accessible via a 1.5‑mile (2.4‑km) trail from Ecola Point.

Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island

Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island

Cowichan Bay is a community situated on the south shore of an estuary shared by the Cowichan and Koksilah Rivers that form an extensive tidal flat on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, about 26 miles (42 km) north-northwest of Victoria and 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Duncan, British Columbia.

Reid Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Reid Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Reid Glacier flows north for 11 miles from the Brady Icefield to Reid Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 50 miles northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

About the background graphic

This ‘warming stripe’ graphic is a visual representation of the change in global temperature from 1850 (top) to 2019 (bottom). Each stripe represents the average global temperature for one year. The average temperature from 1971-2000 is set as the boundary between blue and red. The colour scale goes from -0.7°C to +0.7°C. The data are from the UK Met Office HadCRUT4.6 dataset. 

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