Inuit and Canadian government agree on Arctic conservation area
Nearly five decades after Canada’s Inuit began their fight to preserve a unique marine ecosystem, the federal government, the Territory
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Environment
‘Over 15 mph, we make clouds’: Road dust plagues rural Alaska
BETHEL — Across rural Alaska, cars, trucks and four-wheelers kick up clouds of road dust, a plague that coats tundra berries and
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Rain expected in Lapland as sun shines over Finland
As people tidy up the debris which was windswept by a powerful summer storm in southern Finland over the weekend,
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A week of above-average temperatures in Finland
Summer isn’t over yet, says Yle meteorologist Seija Paasonen.
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More than 800 000 reindeer to be vaccinated against anthrax in Russia
In the course of summer, the whole reindeer population of the Nenets tundra will be made immune against the lethal
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Ice-Blog: Greenland on the horizon
When I first visited Greenland back in 2009, it was not a place that made the news very often. This
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3 Interior Alaska towns just had their warmest month on record
For the Interior Alaska towns of Bettles, Tanana and McGrath, July was the warmest calendar month ever recorded, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday.
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Unusually cold month of July in Finland
The month of July was unusually cold in Finland, according to the Meteorological Institute. The coldest temperature recorded last month was -1.6 degrees Celsius.
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Court ruling on Inuit consultation a ‘wake-up call’ for Canadian government says lawyer
A ruling by Canada’s Supreme Court this week that Inuit must be sufficiently consulted before projects affecting their communities are approved, will
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Sharp drop in emissions near Norwegian border, says Russian mining company
New technology at the ore-briquetting plant in Zapolyarny could be good news for the fragile taiga forest. But does Nornickel
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Canada’s Supreme Court quashes seismic testing project in Arctic
Canada’s Supreme Court has quashed a major energy exploration project in Canada’s eastern Arctic saying Inuit were insufficiently consulted. “The
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Arctic Finland welcomes warm summer weather
A front bringing summer-like temperatures has arrived in Finnish Lapland, but will reach the rest of the country only later in
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U.S. federal scientist says Arctic climate work cost him position
A former policy adviser at the Interior Department said the Trump Administration has retaliated against him for warning about the dangers
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U.S. House inches toward drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
A budget blueprint in the U.S. House is reviving hopes for Alaskans who want to see the coastal plain of
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Canada’s science minister in North to observe climate change
Canada’s science minister Kirsty Duncan is in the Arctic this week to visit climate change scientists. Duncan’s trip began on July 17
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