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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Storms, heavy rain hit Finland’s coastal areas

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 11:06 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 16:33
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An intense low pressure system that arrived in Finland early Tuesday morning will result in heavy rain and stormy conditions

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

First snow in northwest Finland no surprise to reindeer herders

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 16:18
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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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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Migratory birds still sighted as far as southern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 10:09 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 10:13
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According to nature conservation organisation Birdlife Finland, small migratory birds from Lapland were observed in the southernmost parts of Finland

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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 (Russia) General Russia 

A hot summer across the Arctic, Russian meteorological institute says

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 10:22
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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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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Warmer, drier summer than usual in most of Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 10:42 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 11:53
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With warm weather continuing in early September, this summer has brought more hot days than usual to most of the

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Record late-August heat in Northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 10:13
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The Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI said that temperatures in Lapland (north) have never before exceeded 25 degrees Celsius after 27

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Extreme weather fuelling wildfires in southcentral Alaska

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 13:35
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Usually by August, peak fire season has passed. But fire and climate experts say conditions in Southcentral Alaska were nearly

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

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

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:59
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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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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

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

Angela Hill, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 13:53
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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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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Summer heat hastens Alaska peony harvest

Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 16:05
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Alaska peonies have a special place in the world flower market. Typically, growers in the 49th state have a window

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Greenlanders stay chill as the world reacts to heatwave

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019 at 09:28 — Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:06
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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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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 14:42 — Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2019 at 10:41
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Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences  everywhere from big

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 08:56 — Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 10:03
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July at least equalled, and may even have surpassed, being the hottest month in recorded history, says the World Meteorological

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Historic temperature peaks in dry, cool July for Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 14:26 — Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 10:05
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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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