Last week’s wildfires in Northern Lapland cost taxpayers more than €100k
Fighting the blazes took six days, with rescue workers wrapping up the job on Monday evening. The cost of extinguishing
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Environment
Overnight temperatures drop below freezing in Finnish Lapland
The coldest temperature of the night was recorded near the town of Kittilä, where the mercury dropped to -5.3 degrees
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401 black bears have been killed by wildlife officers in N.W.T. since 2021
Fraction of that number of bears have been relocated instead of dispatched Mary Adele Chocolate is still a bit rattled
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Warmer temperatures have put chinook salmon — and a way of life — in grave danger
Brandie Weikle At the home James MacDonald shares with his wife and their two kids, it’s approaching dinnertime. His five-year-old
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September heat record for Murmansk
The hotter-than-normal summer in Russia’s northwest corner is continued into September with temperatures never seen before on record for the
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Exceptionally warm summer in Finnmark in Arctic Norway
4 to 6 degrees Celsius higher than normal and the warmest August ever on record in northern-Norway. “That so many
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Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in chief ‘frustrated’ at waiting for Yukon gov’t on land-use planning
Planning commission won’t draft a final land use plan for Dawson region until it hears from territory The chief of
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Study offers new insights into Greenland’s rapid warming
A study published this week is offering fresh insights into why Greenland is warming so rapidly compared to the rest
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New study reveals the crucial role of jellyfish in Greenlandic waters
A new study is challenging old assumptions about the role of jellyfish in marine ecosystems and suggests it may be
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NASA funding Swedish glacier research to understand climate change on Mars
Melting glaciers in arctic Sweden can help scientists understand the past climate of Mars and how its climate has changed
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Hotter summers set Lapland ablaze
By Matthew Schilke This season, blazes in the Inari region have nearly doubled. Experts say future fire seasons will be
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Yukon Quest to follow new route this winter because of climate change
Race in February will start and end in Teslin via Ross River and Faro The Yukon Quest sled dog race
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N.W.T. communities learning to adapt as heat waves become more common
One mayor says he brought an electric fan with him out on the land for the first time This summer,
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Hunter in Alaska recovering after being mauled by bear and shot amid effort to fend it off
32-year-old man shot in the leg as he and hunting companion opened fire on bear A hunter in Alaska was
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Red skies over Finland as Canadian wildfire smoke arrives
The most colourful sunset is expected on Tuesday evening. People in Finland may see unusually red glowing sunsets in coming
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