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Climate change brings cloudberry to Svalbard

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 16:27
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After an exceptionally warm summer, ripe cloudberries are for the first time documented at 78° North.  “I was surprised, I

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

Community leaders want solutions as health centres in Yukon reduce services

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 15:15
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By Chris MacIntyre · CBC News The chief of the Ross River Dena Council says the reduction leaves the community ‘in a

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia announces major development plan for seaports on Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 14:41 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 14:46
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A terminal for shipment of zinc and lead is to be built in the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya and the

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) News 

Effects of 2023 N.W.T. wildfire smoke will take years to study

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 12:17 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 13:21
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By Rachel Maclean · CBC News As air quality improves, the focus now moves to preparing for the future. As smoke lingered

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Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 

Beavers pose methane problem in the Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 2, 2023 at 10:00
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Climate change is helping beavers colonize the Arctic, and those beavers are in turn causing more climate change. A study by

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Politics Politics (Canada) 

Work on N.W.T. roads a priority in final capital budget of 19th Assembly

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 15:40
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Over a quarter of the money the N.W.T. government budgeted for next year’s infrastructure projects is expected to go toward

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Society Society (Canada) 

Whitehorse’s Alpine Bakery temporarily closing, owners blame nearby emergency shelter

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 14:26
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The owners of the Alpine Bakery in Whitehorse say they’re temporarily closing their downtown business because of issues related to

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Environment Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 1 

Nuclear waste ship makes unprecedented port call at Novaya Zemlya

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 13:35
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“I am deeply worried if Russia has started to move nuclear waste from the Kola Peninsula to the Arctic archipelago,”

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Business Business (Canada) News 

Victoria Gold fined $95K for violating mining licences in Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 11:15
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The Victoria Gold Corp. has been fined $95,000 after pleading guilty to violating some of its licence conditions at the Eagle

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News Politics Politics (Norway) 

Last European entry point bans Russian cars

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:38
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The entry ban starts from Tuesday October 3, the Foreign Ministry in Oslo announces in a press-release. “Norway stands together

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) 

Livelihoods and nature at risk as Lapland warms quickly, irrevocably

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 14:28
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According to the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), many species could disappear as temperatures rise over the next few decades. The

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* Featured * Finland Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) 

Finland deploys round-the-clock control to stop Russian cars transiting via Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 13:25 — Last Updated: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:31
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Two weeks have passed since Finland, like the Baltic states and Poland, decided to turn around all Russian vehicles with less than

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Small plane makes unexpected landing on Alaska Highway in the Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11:43
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Yukon’s highway rest stops see plenty of cars, trucks and RVs, but airplanes? Not so much. That’s why Adam Skrutkowski was

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

MLAs ask why N.W.T. isn’t giving residents more money for evacuation costs

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11:09
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Some MLAs in the N.W.T. are pushing for more financial support for wildfire evacuees, but the Municipal and Community Affairs minister says

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Environment Environment (USA) General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 USA 

Antarctic 2023 sea ice maximum hits record low since satellite data began

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 15:59
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Maximum Antarctic sea ice extent hit a likely all-time low on September 10, setting a historic record since satellite data

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