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Adult female walruses on an ice floe with their young in the U.S. waters of the Eastern Chukchi Sea in Alaska in 2012.S.A. Sonsthagen / U.S. Geological Survey / AP)

September Arctic sea ice forecast

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 14:16 — Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 18:13
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It may be only June, but predictions are already in for Arctic sea ice conditions in September, the month of

In this May 25, 2014 file photo, Central Emergency Services firefighter Dan Jensen maneuvers a hose into position to fight a portion of a wildfire in the Funny River community of Soldotna, Alaska. Wildfires are blistering Alaska forests with increasing frequency and intensity and forest managers and climate scientists are trying to explain why and predict what's next. One common factor associated with the increase, which doesn't bode well for 2015 or beyond, is warm weather, even if experts don't explicitly blame climate change. (Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion via AP)

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Dramatic increase in tundra-fire frequency in Arctic Alaska: report

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 18:31 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:20
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If it seems like there’s more fire activity in Alaska than in the past, that’s no illusion. The long-term record shows

The amount of energy contained in the manure produced by three horses in a year is equivalent to the annual heat consumption of a single-family house in Finland. (iStock)

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Finland plans to heat homes with horse manure

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2015 at 13:58 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 15:15
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A little-noted passage in the new coalition government programme calls for the use of horse manure as an energy source

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in Alaska in 2008. (AP)

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Alaska senator votes ‘Nay’ on icebreaker provision in defense bill

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Posted: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 18:22 — Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015 at 15:11
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In Congress Thursday morning, a U.S. senator proposed adding nearly a billion dollars to a Defense spending bill to acquire an icebreaker –

Worker installs solar panels. File photo. (Yle)

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Finland could be carbon neutral by 2050: researchers

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 20:06
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Researchers say that in 35 years, Finland could theoretically get all of its energy needs using only renewable energy sources.

Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft has outlined the challenges facing the United States Coast Guard in the Chuckchi Sea this summer. (iStock)

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Polar Code approval is timely for busy Bering Strait

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 18:34
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The Bering Strait, the narrow chokepoint between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, has been a watery crossroads for millennia. Skin boats

The storm also caused a temporary shutdown of ferry service to Hailuoto island late in the day. (Ari-Pekka Sirviö / Yle)

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Storm in West Finland felled trees, cut power, shut down ferry service

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 25, 2015 at 13:06 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 20:16
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Rescue workers in northern Ostrobothnia had a busy weekend due to damage caused by storm winds. All of Oulu-Koillismaa rescue

ATV riders travel the Chukchi Sea beach in Barrow on Monday, June 27, 2011. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Unusual weather pattern brings record highs to Arctic Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2015 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2015 at 13:28
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Temperatures have soared this week in Barrow, thanks to a high-pressure system parked over the Yukon Territory and British Columbia

The Dalton Highway was washed out south of Deadhorse on Thursday, May 21, 2015. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)

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‘Epic’ flooding on Alaska Highway hinders Arctic oil operations

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2015 at 13:19 — Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2015 at 13:28
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DEADHORSE — Unprecedented flooding continues to interfere with daily operations on the North Slope oil patch after surging waters wiped away

Preparing for Paris: Staff at UNFCCC headquarters in Bonn are working overtime. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)

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Ice-Blog: Will Paris conference help the Arctic?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 16:00 — Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2015 at 19:13
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Things are hotting up on the international climate talks front, with one event after another telling us how important it

Ice floes on the Barents Sea at sunrise. (iStock)

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New security landscape in the Arctic

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Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 12:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 20:57
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The ice melting in the Arctic has devastating effects on polar bears and wildlife in general, but it also opens up

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Floodwaters stop rising in North Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 15:49 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 17:45
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Flooding in the north Ostrobothnian town of Pudasjärvi, Finland stopped rising on Sunday, with water levels at some measuring points

The Bering Sea (pictured above) has the benefit of phytoplankton blooms, something that helps buffer it against acidification. (iStock)

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Ice retreat threatening Bering Sea pollock

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 13:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 20:26
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The years 2002 through 2005 were bad for Bering Sea pollock. The biomass plunged during those years. In a presentation in

Marc Cornelissen shows climate ambassadors how to drill to measure ice thickness. Alaska, 2008. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)

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Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 20:39
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This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow

The Alaska flag. What will the upcoming U.S. chairmanship mean for the state? (iStock)

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Alaska stands to benefit as US takes reins of Arctic Council

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 13:17 — Last Updated: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 13:28
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Alaska stands to gain when the U.S. takes over chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Friday, with several meetings set to provide an economic shot