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First snow in northwest Finland no surprise to reindeer herders

19 September 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Lapland, snow, weather

The first snow of the season fell in Finland’s northwestern arm on Wednesday morning, from the village of Karesuvanto in

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Migratory birds still sighted as far as southern Finland

10 September 201910 September 2019 Yle News 0 Comments animals, Birdlife Finland, birds, conservation, weather, wildlife

According to nature conservation organisation Birdlife Finland, small migratory birds from Lapland were observed in the southernmost parts of Finland

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Drought causing water shortages in Southcentral Alaska communities

5 September 2019 Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments agriculture, Alaska, climate change, drought, summer, water, weather

After an unprecedented summer drought drained reservoirs and wells across Alaska, hundreds of people face immediate water shortages — and

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A hot summer across the Arctic, Russian meteorological institute says

5 September 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Alaska, climate change, global warming, Greenland, heat, Nunavut, Siberia, summer, weather

June, July and August have never been this warm in the Arctic. Data from Russian and U.S weather institutes show

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Warmer, drier summer than usual in most of Finland

3 September 20193 September 2019 Yle News 0 Comments heat, Lapland, summer, weather

With warm weather continuing in early September, this summer has brought more hot days than usual to most of the

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Record late-August heat in Northern Finland

29 August 2019 Yle News 0 Comments heat, Lapland, summer, weather

The Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI said that temperatures in Lapland (north) have never before exceeded 25 degrees Celsius after 27

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Extreme weather fuelling wildfires in southcentral Alaska

20 August 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, drought, forest fires, heat, summer, weather, wildfires

Usually by August, peak fire season has passed. But fire and climate experts say conditions in Southcentral Alaska were nearly

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Bizarre winter weather in South caused by changes in atmosphere, not sea-ice loss: study

20 August 201920 August 2019 Emily Blake, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, sea ice, weather, winter

There’s a link between sea-ice loss in the Arctic and frigid winter weather much further south — but it’s not

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Communities in Nunavut, Arctic Canada on track for warmer than normal summer

14 August 2019 Angela Hill, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, heat, Nunavut, summer, weather

The summer isn’t over and so far people in many Nunavut communities have been feeling the heat. “June, July and

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Summer heat hastens Alaska peony harvest

13 August 2019 Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments agriculture, Alaska, flowers, heat, plants, weather

Alaska peonies have a special place in the world flower market. Typically, growers in the 49th state have a window

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Greenlanders stay chill as the world reacts to heatwave

12 August 201930 August 2019 Katie Toth, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, heat, ice, media, weather

It’s not the warm days from a summer heat wave over Greenland that stress out Taatsi Pedersen. Rather, it’s how

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Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

8 August 201919 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, firefighting, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences everywhere from big

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July may surpass hottest month in recorded history says World Meteorological Organization

5 August 20195 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate change, Copernicus Climate Change Programme, Russia, Siberia, weather, wildfires

July at least equalled, and may even have surpassed, being the hottest month in recorded history, says the World Meteorological

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Historic temperature peaks in dry, cool July for Finland

1 August 20192 August 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Finland, summer, temperatures, weather

July 2019 will be remembered for breaking records for both freezing nights and blistering days at Finland’s meteorological measuring stations.

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Nearly 3,000 people, 50 aircraft mobilized to fight wildfires in Russia

1 August 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments European Space Agency, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Nearly 3,000 people and 50 aircraft are working to extinguish wildfires across Russia said the country’s aerial forest protection service

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