Editing Kivalina, Alaska (section)

===Orange goo===
On August 4, 2011, it was reported that residents of the city of Kivalina had seen a strange orange goo wash up on the shores. According to the Associated Press, "Tests have been conducted on the substance on the surface of the water in Kivalina. City Administrator Janet Mitchell told the Associated Press that the substance has also shown up in some residents' rain buckets."<ref name="ORANGE SUBSTANCE">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/04/oddities-us-alaska-orange-mystery_8602334.html|title=Mysterious orange goo washes up in Alaska village|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=August 9, 2011|location=ANCHORAGE, Alaska}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 
<!-- the " orange goo " was identified 08/08/11 in the New York Times as eggs or egg masses from an as yet unidentified species. Further inquiry was underway. --></ref> On August 8, 2011, Associated Press reported that the substance consisted of millions of microscopic eggs.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/08/general-us-alaska-orange-mystery_8608793.html Orange goo near remote Alaska village ID'd as eggs]{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Associated Press, August 8, 2011</ref> Later, officials of the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) confirmed that the orange colored materials were some kind of crustacean eggs or embryos,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfuFBUOk9FRBgf3MBklWAvUyKRxw?docId=e27ec07227e04ae8a7a0bef09dd9a3ea|title=Orange goo near remote Alaska village ID'd as eggs|last=D'Oro|first=Rachel|work=The Associated Press|publisher=[[Google Search]]|access-date=August 9, 2011|location=Anchorage, Alaska}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mysterious Orange Goo Baffles Remote Alaska Village |publisher=Fox News |date=August 6, 2011 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-orange-goo-baffles-remote-alaska-village |access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mystery Orange Goo in Remote Alaskan Village Identified |publisher=Fox News |date=August 8, 2011 |url=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/08/mystery-orange-goo-in-remote-alaskan-village-identified/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809080752/http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/08/mystery-orange-goo-in-remote-alaskan-village-identified/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> but subsequent examination resulted in a declaration that the substance consisted of [[spore]]s from a possibly undescribed species of [[Rust (fungus)|rust fungus]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Orange Goo on Alaska Shore Was Fungal Spores|publisher=Fox News|date=August 18, 2011| url=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/18/orange-goo-on-alaska-shore-was-fungal-spores| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819095546/http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/18/orange-goo-on-alaska-shore-was-fungal-spores/| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 19, 2011|access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref> later revealed to be ''[[Chrysomyxa ledicola]]''.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/habs/identification-of-alaska-orange-goo-as-tundra-rust-spores-confirmed-at-the-species-level-by-usda-and-canadian-forest-service/
 | title = Alaska "Orange Goo" Rust Spores Confirmed
 | date = February 9, 2012
| work = NCCOS News
 | publisher = National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
 | access-date = March 7, 2012
| quote = An “orange goo” covered the Inupiat village of Kivalina, Alaska, last summer. Six months later the substance was confirmed by forestry experts at the USDA Forest Service and the Canadian Forest Service to be rust fungi uredospores of ''Chrysomyxa ledicola''.
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