ENVIRONMENT

Last Soviet nuclear-sub reactor lifted onshore

21 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Cold War, Northern Fleet, nuclear, nuclear submarines, Saida Bay

The Barents Sea is safer as the era of storing radioactive reactor compartments on water comes to an end. On

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New Indigenous protected area created in Northern Canada

21 August 201921 August 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments conservation, Dene, First Nations, indigenous, Lutsel K'e, national parks, Northwest Territories, NWT, Thaidene Nene

A remote Indigenous community in Canada’s Northwest Territories is celebrating today the creation of a new Indigenous protected area that

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Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting

21 August 201921 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Angela Merkel, business, Germany, Katrin Jakobsdottir, Nordic CEO's for a Sustainable Future, Paris Climate Agreement, politics, SDG's, United Nations

A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on

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Alaska wildfire evacuees begin to learn fate of their homes

21 August 2019 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

When residents fled the worsening McKinley fire in southcentral Alaska on Saturday and Sunday, many left their homes not knowing

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Norilsk, Arctic Russia is world’s largest sulfur dioxide emissions hotspot: report

21 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air pollution, emissions, Greenpeace, NASA, Norilsk, Nornickel, sulfur dioxide

1.9 million tons of sulfur dioxide from the chimneys in Norilsk, a city in Arctic Russia, were blowing over the

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Extreme weather fuelling wildfires in southcentral Alaska

20 August 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, drought, forest fires, heat, summer, weather, wildfires

Usually by August, peak fire season has passed. But fire and climate experts say conditions in Southcentral Alaska were nearly

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Bizarre winter weather in South caused by changes in atmosphere, not sea-ice loss: study

20 August 201920 August 2019 Emily Blake, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, sea ice, weather, winter

There’s a link between sea-ice loss in the Arctic and frigid winter weather much further south — but it’s not

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A breakdown of wildfires raging in southcentral Alaska

20 August 201921 August 2019 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

Major wildfires continued to burn north and south of Anchorage Monday, threatening property and major infrastructure, snarling highway travel and

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Southcentral Alaska wildfire: evacuations, burnt structures and highway closures

19 August 201919 August 2019 Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

At least 50 structures burned Sunday in the McKinley wildfire north of Anchorage, according to the Division of Forestry. The

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Anglers allowed to catch chinook salmon in northwestern Canada

16 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments fish, fishing, salmon, Yukon

There’s some good news for anglers in Yukon hoping to snag a chinook salmon this year. The federal Department of

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Traces of radioactive iodine detected near Norway-Russia border

16 August 201916 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air pollution, borders, defence, military, nuclear, radiation

The findings are not necessary connected with the recent accident at the nuclear weapons test site in northern Russia, Norwegian

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Growing deer population leading to more accidents, property damage in Finland

15 August 2019 Yle News 0 Comments animals, deer, hunting, wildlife

The population of wild white-tailed deer has skyrocketed in Finland over the past two decades, leading to a rapid increase

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Communities in Nunavut, Arctic Canada on track for warmer than normal summer

14 August 2019 Angela Hill, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, heat, Nunavut, summer, weather

The summer isn’t over and so far people in many Nunavut communities have been feeling the heat. “June, July and

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Summer heat hastens Alaska peony harvest

13 August 2019 Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments agriculture, Alaska, flowers, heat, plants, weather

Alaska peonies have a special place in the world flower market. Typically, growers in the 49th state have a window

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Weapons tests involving radiation near populated areas are ‘dangerous’, Russian expert warns

13 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bellona, defence, military, nuclear, radiation, rockets, Severodvinsk, Weapons

Nuclear safety expert Andrey Zolotkov with the Murmansk-based environmental group Bellona says there is always a risk of unforeseen circumstances

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