Kachemak Currents

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Kachemak Currents

KBBI

84 episodes

1 week ago

Also known as the 'northern lights,' the aurora can appear as curtain-, arc-, or wave-like formations

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Also known as the 'northern lights,' the aurora can appear as curtain-, arc-, or wave-like formations

Episodes (20/84)

Kachemak Currents

The Aurora Borealis

Also known as the 'northern lights,' the aurora can appear as curtain-, arc-, or wave-like formations

1 week ago

3 minutes

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Clouds

The nature and formation of clouds depends on wind, temperature, and moisture

2 weeks ago

3 minutes

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Leaf Litter

The layer of fallen leaves, called the litter horizon by scientists, is a dynamic environment

3 weeks ago

3 minutes

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Moose Mating Season

3 weeks ago

3 minutes

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The Common Murre

The Common Murre is a common seabird in Alaska, but the population has fallen

2 months ago

3 minutes

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European Green Crabs

The European Green Crab is a growing threat to local crab stocks

2 months ago

4 minutes

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Foraging Wild Berries

The Kachemak Bay area has various and abundant berries, both edible and not.

2 months ago

4 minutes

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Lutz Spruce

The Lutz Spruce, the most common tree in the lower Kenai Peninsula forest, is a hybrid of White and Sitka Spruce

3 months ago

4 minutes

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Sticklebacks

3 months ago

4 minutes

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Little Brown Bats

The Little Brown Bat is Homer's only bat species

3 months ago

4 minutes

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Sandhill Cranes

Homer's population of Sandhill Cranes winters in California's Central Valley

3 months ago

3 minutes

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Homer Harbor Plants and Animals

6 months ago

3 minutes

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Fireweed Galls

Two years ago, in the summer of 2023, a distinctly subdued fireweed bloom was eventually traced to the presence of the fireweed flower gall midge.

6 months ago

3 minutes

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Spring Snow

The Kachemak Bay area received less snow this winter, but about an average amount of precipitation. But our late season snowfall may benefit salmon, since snowmelt helps keep streams colder, and colder water is capable of carrying more oxygen

6 months ago

3 minutes

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Wildlife Corridors

Roads, among many other human constructions, are a significant impediment to wildlife migration

7 months ago

3 minutes

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Sea Otters in Winter

Sea Otters have the thickest fur on the planet, but that's not the whole story of how these small mammals cope with winter