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Alaska wildfire evacuees begin to learn fate of their homes

21 August 2019 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

When residents fled the worsening McKinley fire in southcentral Alaska on Saturday and Sunday, many left their homes not knowing

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Extreme weather fuelling wildfires in southcentral Alaska

20 August 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, drought, forest fires, heat, summer, weather, wildfires

Usually by August, peak fire season has passed. But fire and climate experts say conditions in Southcentral Alaska were nearly

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A breakdown of wildfires raging in southcentral Alaska

20 August 201921 August 2019 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

Major wildfires continued to burn north and south of Anchorage Monday, threatening property and major infrastructure, snarling highway travel and

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Southcentral Alaska wildfire: evacuations, burnt structures and highway closures

19 August 201919 August 2019 Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

At least 50 structures burned Sunday in the McKinley wildfire north of Anchorage, according to the Division of Forestry. The

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

5 August 20195 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate change, Copernicus Climate Change Programme, Russia, Siberia, weather, wildfires

July at least equalled, and may even have surpassed, being the hottest month in recorded history, says the World Meteorological

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Poor air quality in Yellowknife, Northern Canada as fire grows outside the city

22 July 201923 July 2019 Priscilla Hwang, CBC News 0 Comments air quality, environment, NWT, wildfires, Yellowknife

The out-of-control fire northwest of Yellowknife, Arctic Canada has almost doubled since Saturday, but it remains no threat to the

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Arctic summer 2019: record heat, dramatic ice loss and raging wildfires

22 July 201929 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate, heat, sea ice, temperature, weather, wildfires

Never before have temperatures this high been registered at this time of year. June 2019 was the warmest ever on

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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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