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Artificial intelligence could better predict climate change impacts, some experts believe

15 July 201917 July 2019 Taylor Logan, CBC News 0 Comments agriculture, Artificial intelligence, Biodiversity, climate change, technology, temperatures, water, wildfires

Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to track patterns that could help tackle climate change challenges. All signs point toward a

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Large wildfires in Yukon, northwestern Canada threaten highway

11 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Dawson City, forest fires, roads, wildfires, Yukon

Fire crews are battling a pair of major wildfires on the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City that are creating

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Clear-cutting more harmful to mushrooms than forest fires, Finnish study finds

5 July 20195 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments forest fires, forests, mushrooms, nature, wildfires, wildlife

Commercial clear-felling of trees is more harmful to fungi than forest fires, according to a recent doctoral thesis published at

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Wildfire smoke brings more respiratory complaints in Anchorage, Alaska

3 July 2019 Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, forest fires, health, pollution, wildfires

Anchorage, Alaska health care providers have seen more patients with respiratory problems in recent days because of poor air quality.

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Wildfires in Alaska and Yukon producing smoky conditions

3 July 20193 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, forest fires, health, pollution, wildfires, Yukon

Yukon’s chief medical officer of health issued an air quality advisory Monday as much of the territory was blanketed by

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Wildfire in Anchorage, Alaska forces rapid response

3 July 20193 July 2019 Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, forest fires, heat, summer, weather, wildfires

A fast-moving wildland fire erupted in east Anchorage Tuesday afternoon. What officials are calling the Campbell Park Fire was first

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Northern Canada: Smoke advisories in parts of Northwest Territories due to Alberta wildfires

18 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, Behchoko, Detah, disasters, Enterprise, Fort Providence, Fort Resolution, Hay River, Kakisa, Northwest Territories, NWT, wildfires, Yellowknife

The Northwest Territories’ chief public health officer has issued a wildfire smoke exposure advisory for people in parts of the

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Northern Canada: Rail link downed by Alberta wildfire won’t raise fuel prices in Northwest Territories, minister says

7 June 2019 Richard Gleeson, CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, energy, forest fires, Imperial Oil, Northwest Territories, NWT, oil, rail, transport, wildfires

The added expense of trucking fuel north from Edmonton, Alberta for the annual barge resupply won’t be passed along to

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Wet weather in Canada’s Northwest Territories helps free up firefighters for Alberta wildfires

5 June 20195 June 2019 Priscilla Hwang, CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, forest fires, Northwest Territories, NWT, weather, wildfires

Cool and wet weather in the Northwest Territories has helped free up local fire crews to fight wildfires in northern

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Study on Swedish wildfires shows how to make forests rise from the ashes

31 May 201931 May 2019 Lisen Elowson Tosting and Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden 0 Comments forest fires, forestry, forests, nature, Västmanland, wildfires

Fire has destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forest in Sweden in recent years, and now landowners are learning

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Northern Alberta wildfire cuts rail link between Canada’s Northwest Territories and the South

31 May 201931 May 2019 Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, forest fires, Northwest Territories, NWT, rail, roads, Steen River, supply, transport, wildfires

A key bridge on the railroad used for shipping diesel fuel to the Northwest Territories (Canadian central Arctic) is damaged,

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Wildfire in Northern Canada: Railway bridge burns, road link between Alberta and Northwest Territories closed

30 May 201930 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, forest fires, Northwest Territories, NWT, rail, roads, Steen River, wildfires

The CN Rail railway bridge at Steen River, in northern Alberta, has burned down. Jonathan Abecassis, a spokesperson for CN

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Wildfire in Yukon, northwestern Canada quickly spreading

28 May 201929 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments disasters, forest fires, Haines Junction, wildfires, Yukon

A wildfire burning out of control near Haines Junction, Yukon (northwestern Canada) grew to 494 hectares overnight, putting two properties

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Wildfire near community in northwestern Canada still growing

28 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments disasters, forest fires, Haines Junction, wildfires, Yukon

A wildfire burning near Haines Junction, Yukon, in northwestern Canada, grew to 137 hectares Monday morning. The fire, burning out

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Smoke from northern Alberta wildfire reaches northwestern Canada

23 May 201923 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, Dawson City, forest fires, High Level, pollution, Whitehorse, wildfires, Yukon

Smoke from a wildfire burning near High Level, Alta. (Canadian Prairies), has so far reached as far as Dawson City,

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