Alaska villagers shelter in school after power outage
BETHEL – Residents of the Western Alaska village of Newtok have been sleeping at the school and using wood and
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Finland: Chainsaw-wielding fisherman rescues seal
Fisherman Tarmo Tolvanen from Rantasalmi in eastern Finland surged to fame in Finland after he cut a hole in the
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Finland’s longest ice-road to open next week
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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Seabirds still crowding Alaska rescue center
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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Power being restored in Pori, Finland
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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Ice dangerously thin in south Finland
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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Starving seabirds grounded in Southcentral Alaska
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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-30.7 Celsius record in Sodankylä, Finland
Against the backdrop of an unseasonably warm winter, the far northern town of Sodankylä continues to make and break national
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Arctic Alaska permafrost thawing quickly
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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Warming evident in Arctic air and waters: report
The Arctic is warming at twice the global pace — and Arctic warming is affecting other parts of the world.
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Miserable snow conditions in Finland
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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Storm Helga weather warning for Sweden
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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How will global warming affect Sweden?
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 storm knocks out mobile networks
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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Cleaner atmosphere means more Arctic ice melt: study
To protect human health and safeguard the environment, governments and utility companies around the world have worked — successfully —
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