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In Russia’s warmest summer ever, Arctic ice reaches record low

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 14:36
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Ice layers in parts of the country’s Arctic shrink to almost 70 percent below normal. Reports from leading Russian research

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Gloomy lingonberry forecast for northern Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 13:12
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There will be a lot fewer lingonberries in the north of Sweden this year compared to last, according to the

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Wet weekend ahead for Finnish Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, August 5, 2016 at 13:34 — Last Updated: Friday, August 5, 2016 at 13:40
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There’s a wet weekend in store for most of the country as a band of rainfall moves in on Saturday

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Warming lake waters defy Jaakko’s Day legend in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 15:38
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Although according to ancient Finnish legend, sea and lake waters begin to cool on July 25, the opposite seems to

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Blog Business Environment General 

Ice-Blog: Hottest year – scary, but not for Arctic shippers from China?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 13:38 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 13:39
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As I sit in my Bonn office between thunderstorms in a week where we reached a record 36 degrees Celsius

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Constant rain threatens potato crop in northwest Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 8, 2016 at 13:21
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The northwest region of Northern Ostrobothnia has been plagued with continual rain now for weeks, and farmers in the region

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Summer heat record in North Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 15:38
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Finland’s highest temperature this summer was recorded at 28.8 degrees Celsius in Kuusamo, northern Ostrobothnia, Finland on Tuesday afternoon. The day’s

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Translating COP21 from intent into action… is time running out?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 13:58
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After all the hype surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement in December, there is a real danger of anti-climax, of feeling

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Despite winter darkness, solar power might work better in rural Alaska than you’d expect

Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 14:12
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Harnessing solar power in Alaska might not, at first, seem very effective. The sun is a rare sight in much

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Arctic sea ice hits new record winter low

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 13:30 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:26
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Arctic sea ice contracted to a new record winter low this year with the largest declines in the Barents and

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Blog Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Warm Easter predicted across Finland… even for Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 25, 2016 at 07:05
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The weather forecast looks fairly bright for the Easter weekend, with drier, sunnier conditions moving in across Finland and temperatures

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Arctic’s ‘startling’ winter warmth ‘milepost’ say scientists

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 at 13:08
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FAIRBANKS — This winter was so unusually warm in Alaska — and around the Arctic — that it took even

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden: Gotland & Öland could face severe water shortage

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 18:18 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 18:24
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Record-low groundwater levels have been recorded on the islands of Öland and Gotland in southeastern Sweden and may lead to

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Blog General Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

1,000 experts converge in Alaska for Arctic events

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, March 14, 2016 at 13:41 — Last Updated: Monday, March 14, 2016 at 15:30
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You could call it Arctic-Palooza. About 1,000 scientists, policymakers, business managers, students and others interested in the Arctic are set

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Tohmajärvi: The coldest place in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 22, 2016 at 02:53 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 22:55
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Finland’s coldest place in January is to be found in North Karelia. Over the past month the average temperature in

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