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Arctic Canada: Federal funding to pay for new water reservoir in Iqaluit, Nunavut

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 14:41
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A new water reservoir system for Iqaluit and upgrades to the city’s water distribution system will be built over the

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Giant sponges feeding on fossils discovered in deep Arctic waters

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 16:13
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Deep beneath the ice-covered Arctic Ocean, scientists have made an unusual discovery. With little to no light, huge sponge gardens

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Arctic Canada: Calls mount for public inquiry into Iqaluit water crisis

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 31, 2022 at 12:00
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Calls are mounting in Nunavut for the territorial government to call a public inquiry into the Iqaluit water crisis. The

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

After decade of lobbying, Canadian First Nation in Northwest Territories getting $16.8M for infrastructure

Hannah Paulson, CBC
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 14:04
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After a decade of lobbying, the Salt River First Nation was finally granted $16.8 million worth of funding toward a

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Science (Canada) 

Cotton fibres, microplastics pervade Eastern Arctic, study finds

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 12:50
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Chelsea Rochman wasn’t surprised when her research cruise through Canada’s Eastern Arctic showed tiny plastic shards and other human debris

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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) 

New “Frankenstein” shipping fuel could further pollute the Arctic, environmental groups say

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 12:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 09:33
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A coalition of environmental groups is demanding answers from the oil refining and shipping industries after it emerged that new

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Water reservoir in Iqaluit, Northern Canada almost full as winter nears

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 at 14:34
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Finally some good news for Iqaluit residents regarding their water supply. An emergency project to pump water from Unnamed Lake

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Drought causing water shortages in Southcentral Alaska communities

Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 12:11
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After an unprecedented summer drought drained reservoirs and wells across Alaska, hundreds of people face immediate water shortages — and

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Blue-green algae: Finland’s best August levels in 20 years

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 14:38
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Toxic blue-green algae, technically known as cyanobacteria, has been unusually rare on Finnish inland waters this summer despite spells of

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Artificial intelligence could better predict climate change impacts, some experts believe

Taylor Logan, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 15, 2019 at 11:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 13:23
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to track patterns that could help tackle climate change challenges. All signs point toward a

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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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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Groundwater levels unusually low in Sweden despite melting snow

Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 11:02 — Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 11:05
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The water that runs deep beneath our feet is in short supply, meaning rationing could be needed this summer –

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Water rates set to rise in Iqaluit, Arctic Canada as subsidy is rolled back

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 15:50
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In Canada’s east-Arctic, Iqaluit homeowners are going to be paying three times as much for water by July 2021. Last

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General Iceland News Science Society (Iceland) 

How Canadian scientists discovered a geothermal source in 1970s rural Iceland

Frances Willick, CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 16:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 09:56
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Forty years after researchers from Halifax (Canadian Maritimes) helped drill a hole nearly two kilometres into the ground in rural

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