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Increased summer rainfall alters High Arctic rivers and landscapes: study

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2021 at 17:58
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Increased summer rainfall in the High Canadian Arctic is altering river hydrology and water quality, transforming northern landscapes in a

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Jump in, the water’s (mostly) fine in Finland, study finds

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 15:19 — Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2020 at 09:40
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It’s safe to swim at the vast majority of Finland’s public beaches, according to a new report from the European

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General RCI 

Renewable energy must be community tailored, Arctic conference hears

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 14:43
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As  communities across the polar region of North America work to get off diesel, renewable energy projects must be tailored

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Equipment failure causes heating system leak in Rankin Inlet, Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 11, 2019 at 14:33
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An equipment failure in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, in Northern Canada, has resulted in the leak of tens of thousands of

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Canada General Science Science (Canada) 

Researchers get rare time-lapse video of glacial lake flood in Northern Canada

Karen McColl, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 10:20 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 15:05
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When scientists installed a time-lapse camera near the Donjek Glacier in Kluane National Park and Reserve in July, they thought

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Canada General Science Science (Canada) 

Glacier-fed rivers in Arctic Canada sucking carbon dioxide out of the air: study

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 16:31
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New research suggests glacier-fed rivers in Canada’s North are sucking up and storing a lot of carbon dioxide from the

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Invasive “moss animal” gains foothold in parts of Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 14:54 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 15:01
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Two years ago, residents of Lempääla in the Tampere region noticed an odd jelly-like organism at a local beach. Now,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Water levels unusually low across Beaufort Delta region, in northwestern Canada

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 28, 2019 at 11:51
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Water levels have been noticeably low across the Beaufort Delta region, in northwestern Canada, this summer. “It’s the lowest I’ve

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

River levels ‘surprisingly low’ in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 12:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 13:58
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While some parts of eastern Canada deal with disastrous flooding, it’s a different story in Yukon, in northwestern Canada —

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Invasive species: Fisheries and Oceans Canada has no mandate in Arctic, audit finds

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 16:36
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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s main program to handle invasive species does not have a mandate in the

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

River ice and white hares: Finnish scientists study signs of climate change in nature

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 12:16
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As the climate warms, researchers from groups such as the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) are able to detect trends

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Inuit make voices heard on Arctic shipping routes

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 13:31
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For the first time, Inuit communities are making recommendations to the Canadian government about how they want ships to move

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Ice conditions in northwestern Canada unusual this year, snowmobile association says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 16:31
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Yukon’s Klondike Snowmobile Association is urging people to be cautious and well-prepared when they head into the backcountry, saying ice

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northwestern Canada: Yukon gov gives up on building Dawson City ice bridge

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 15:37 — Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 15:38
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Time and money has run out on this winter’s attempt to build an ice bridge across the Yukon River in

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Northwestern Canada: snowcat working on Dawson City ice bridge falls through river ice

Dave Croft, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 15:30
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Work on the Dawson City, Yukon, ice bridge has stopped after a snowcat went through the ice on the Yukon

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