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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Wildfire in Anchorage, Alaska forces rapid response

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 09:33 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 09:37
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A fast-moving wildland fire erupted in east Anchorage Tuesday afternoon. What officials are calling the Campbell Park Fire was first

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Temperatures nearing all-time records in Southcentral Alaska

Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 09:41 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 09:46
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It reached 82 degrees Fahrenheit (27.8 degrees Celsius) in Anchorage on Saturday. Hot by Southcentral Alaska standards, and three degrees

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Temperatures reach 30 degrees in southern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, June 21, 2019 at 09:42 — Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2019 at 09:45
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Daytime highs will soar to 30 degrees Celsius in an area stretching from Lahti in the south to Ilomantsi in

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

June heat wave hits Northern Europe

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 10, 2019 at 09:34 — Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2019 at 13:58
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Temperatures over 30°C on the White Sea coast and within the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula. 30,3°C near Olenegorsk

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Weather warming up across Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 09:34
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The weather was set to heat up significantly by Tuesday across Finland, leaving Monday’s cool conditions behind, according to Yle

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Warm temperatures recorded across Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 11:57
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Temperatures across some parts of Finland reached their highest of the year and skies were virtually cloudless and sunny on

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

City in northwestern Canada grapples with impacts of record warm weather

Alexandra Byers and Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 15:35
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Controlled burns to prevent forest fires have begun three weeks earlier than usual in Whitehorse, Yukon. “We’ve been starting to

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finnish climate heating up: report

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019 at 11:09 — Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2019 at 14:34
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A string of abnormally hot temperatures recorded in Finland in recent years provides evidence for climate change, the Finnish Meteorological

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Warm weather increases risk of avalanche in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:40
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Unseasonably warm weather this week in Yukon has made things a little dicey in the alpine regions, according to Avalanche

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Northern Canada: mild temperatures cause winter road closure in Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 14:22
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Deteriorating conditions on the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road have prompted the Northwest Territories government to close the winter highway for

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Historical high temperatures hit Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 11:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 10:03
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Unseasonably high temperatures broke records, some in an extreme way in the territories, on Tuesday. As of 4 p.m. MT,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

‘Spring heat wave’: record temperatures in Canada’s central Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019 at 09:53
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Record-breaking temperatures are expected to arrive in the Northwest Territories this week. In Yellowknife, the territorial capital, temperatures climbed above

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

2018 was the 4th-warmest year on record, NOAA and NASA reveal

Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 09:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 10:24
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It was another record warm year for Earth. On Wednesday, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Hundreds more deaths than average during Sweden’s summer heatwave

Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 7, 2018 at 13:49 — Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2018 at 13:51
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The record temperatures this summer led to an estimated 700 more deaths, suggests new figures from the Public Health Agency.

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

An exceptionally nice fall in Canada’s Yukon this year

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 10:43
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Across the Yukon in northwestern Canada this fall, people could be heard chatting among each other making comments like “we

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