Northern Alaska follows global trend with warmest July on record
The global average temperature has hit record high marks recently, with some estimates that Earth is warmer now than it
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Environment
Glacial dam outburst in Alaska, erodes riverbanks, destroys at least 2 buildings
By Becky Bohrer · The Associated Press 2 homes complete losses, 3rd was partially destroyed; no reports of injuries or fatalities Raging
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Sweden’s energy sector hit by staff shortages
Fewer people are applying for jobs in the energy sector, and the staff shortage is expected to get even bigger
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Yellowknife’s emergency plans lacks details, needs testing, says expert
‘If the plan can be written and put aside, it’s not going to cut it,’ says York University professor A
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Alarming, above-average ice loss in Greenland due to rising temperatures
Satellite images from NASA show the dramatic difference warm July temperatures had on Greenland’s ice sheet. Two images (see below)
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Polar heat record. July average above 10°C
Never before has the average monthly temperature at Svalbard been measured above 10°C. That is not good news. Polar Climate
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Hot and dry July saw temperature records topple in the Yukon
Carmacks among several communities that smashed single-day temperature records, hitting 35.5 C on July 7 You weren’t imagining it —
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Yukon’s wildfire season ‘escalated dramatically’ over last week, with 80 new starts
Territory requesting firefighting help from elsewhere, but officials say resources stretched thin everywhere The Yukon’s wildfire season has taken a
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Evacuation alert issued for Yukon’s Dublin Gulch area near Keno City
Lightning over weekend also sparked several new fires in wilderness zones in central, northern regions An evacuation alert has been
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Yukon University student says unwelcome weeds could support mine remediation
By Lilian Fridfinnson · CBC News Research student says invasive species found at mine sites could be used to filter mine-impacted water
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Above-average sockeye salmon run expected in Yukon’s Alsek River
By Ethan Lang · CBC News Numbers have been low for most of last two decades, but about 30,000 are expected to
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Wildfire expected to affect visibility on the N.W.T.’s Highway 3
There are 84 active fires in territory on Friday, including 3 new ones in past 24 hours Drivers between Yellowknife
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Waterfalls now ‘trickling’: Low water brings changes to Hay River, N.W.T.
‘You can see people walking across the river that’s only a few feet deep in some areas’ Water levels have
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IMO greenhouse gas emission strategy needs teeth, says int’l Inuit org
The International Maritime Organization adoption of a revised, greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction strategy is a step in the right
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VR project brings the realities of Arctic climate change in Canada to viewers
The team behind a prize-winning virtual reality project, which exposes viewers to the realities of Arctic climate change, says the
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