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Alaska villagers shelter in school after power outage

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 15:13 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 15:18
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BETHEL – Residents of the Western Alaska village of Newtok have been sleeping at the school and using wood and

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Saimaa ringed seals make dens in freshwater lakes. (iStock)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) Special Features 

Finland: Chainsaw-wielding fisherman rescues seal

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 14:55 — Last Updated: Monday, January 18, 2016 at 16:59
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Fisherman Tarmo Tolvanen from Rantasalmi in eastern Finland surged to fame in Finland after he cut a hole in the

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Finland’s longest ice-road to open next week

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 15:32 — Last Updated: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 20:35
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The sea-ice off the coast of Oulu is almost thick enough to support vehicles along Finland’s longest frozen road –

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Environment Environment (USA) General Special Features USA 

Seabirds still crowding Alaska rescue center

Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 15:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 21:06
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Hundreds of grounded common murres continue to challenge rescuers and baffle scientists as Alaskans grapple with the mystery of the starving,

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Power being restored in Pori, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 21:06
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Some 2,000 households in the Meri-Pori area awoke to a power cut on Tuesday morning, but the majority have now

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Ice dangerously thin in south Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 21:05 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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Ice skaters on Espoo’s Lake Bodom kept rescue workers busy on Wednesday. First, a person fell through the ice in

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Environment Environment (USA) General Special Features USA 

Starving seabirds grounded in Southcentral Alaska

Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 14:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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Normally found skimming the North Pacific, seabirds known as common murres are appearing inland in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and elsewhere

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

-30.7 Celsius record in Sodankylä, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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Against the backdrop of an unseasonably warm winter, the far northern town of Sodankylä continues to make and break national

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Arctic Alaska permafrost thawing quickly

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 15:10 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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Even as he monitored signs of thaw under the ground of Interior Alaska, permafrost expert Vladimir Romanovsky was giving assurances a

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Warming evident in Arctic air and waters: report

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 17:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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The Arctic is warming at twice the global pace — and Arctic warming is affecting other parts of the world.

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Miserable snow conditions in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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With long-term forecasts now extending to late December, meteorologists at Finland’s public broadcaster Yle, say it is likely that sleigh

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Storm Helga weather warning for Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 4, 2015 at 14:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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The Swedish weather service SMHI has issued an official warning for high winds of up to 30 metres per second in the

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

How will global warming affect Sweden?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 14:10 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute has launched a new service that gives a glimpse into how different aspects of climate

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finland storm knocks out mobile networks

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2015 at 17:16 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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This weekend’s power cuts in Finland, caused by heavy wet snow on power lines, have also caused severe disruption to

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Cleaner atmosphere means more Arctic ice melt: study

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2015 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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To protect human health and safeguard the environment, governments and utility companies around the world have worked — successfully —

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