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Ice decline in Bering Sea could affect carbon export and fish ranges

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 15:43
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The continued decline of sea ice on the Bering Sea could have implications for everything from carbon export, to the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

UN high seas treaty praised by Inuit Circumpolar Council

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 15:03
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has applauded the United Nations’ high seas treaty reached this month, saying it will contribute

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General 

N.W.T. and Alberta ministers meet to talk about undisclosed tailings leak

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 11:28
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By Carla Ulrich · CBC News  ‘We know there are concerns regarding trust and confidence with the whole process,’ says Savage The

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Coldest day of winter recorded in Utsjoki, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 6, 2023 at 11:25
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Temperatures in the northernmost Finnish municipality plunged as low as -35 degrees. Kevojärvi weather station in Utsjoki, northern Finnish Lapland,

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Environment Featured • Zone 3 

Blog: Earth’s temperature rises as geopolitical climate cools

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, March 3, 2023 at 15:00
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It’s now one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. There’s no sign of any end to the conflict. And we are

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

Finland’s temperatures 2-3 degrees warmer than usual in February

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 12:09
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February was milder than usual across Finland, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The biggest deviations from average temperatures

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* Featured * Environment Finland General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Society (Finland) 

Finnair pilot flies off course to show passengers Northern Lights

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 11:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 11:30
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Strong solar winds have offered opportunities to see the colourful display in places as far south as Helsinki this week.

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

On thin ice, more polar bears move from Svalbard to Franz Josef Land

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 09:26 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 09:27
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February 27 marked International Polar Bear Day, but there is no reason to celebrate at Svalbard where the entire west-

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Bearded seals have a penchant for floating alone on pieces of drifting Arctic sea ice. (iStock)
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Ocean protection needs Inuit involvement, marine congress hears

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 14:50 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 14:51
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Inuit leaders say the recent marine protected area congress in Vancouver, B.C. was an important occasion to remind the international

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General News 

Activists halt logging again at Lapland site in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 13, 2023 at 15:59
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A group of protesters disrupted logging operations at Aalistunturi in Kolari, Finland, on Sunday. According to the Forest Movement (Metsäliike in

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Sea ice at dusk in Clyde River, Nunavut. Photo Eilís Quinn.
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Arctic Canadian community says oil moratorium renewal doesn’t go far enough

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 13, 2023 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Monday, February 13, 2023 at 15:50
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An Arctic Canadian community says it’s disappointed with Ottawa’s one-year extension of an oil exploration moratorium, saying it doesn’t go

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

N.W.T. aims to hit targets for wolf collaring program while calls to end the practice continue

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 11:00
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The target for N.W.T. biologists is to get 30 wolves collared this year. This is part of a project that launched in

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Inuit, environmental groups call for stronger measures to reduce underwater noise

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, February 6, 2023 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Monday, February 6, 2023 at 13:50
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Hunters from Pond Inlet, Nunavut. — known as Mittimatalik in Inuktitut — have said they’re seeing fewer narwhal in areas

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Environment Environment (Norway) 

Warmest January in Norway’s northeast

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 3, 2023 at 08:25
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The Norwegian Meteorological Institute has a set of classifications when presenting climate statistics. For January, Northern Norway is marked “Warm”

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

Finland sees “exceptionally” mild January

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 11:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 11:18
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The month of January was unusually and exceptionally mild in many parts of Finland, according to data published by the

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