Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 18:59

Hi Mr Wood its Caitlynn from period 3. I was wondering if the weather in Alaska has changed a lot to you from last time you were there and if it is if that would be just the climate with global warming and carbon or just for This year being different from the last.

John Wood

Thank you for the questions. The weather here has warmed up in the last week by quite a bit. Of course this is what weather does, it changes from day to day and week to week. Right now the weather is being very cooperative. In a week we went from -26 F to +12 F at night, and from -6 F during the day to +40 F! That is a huge swing in the weather.The climate is something else, and it has not changed from last year. The area is still covered with snow and when the wind blows it is still pretty cold. Climate is how the area is over a longer period of time.
Thanks,
Mr. Wood