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Air pollution expected to increase as climate warms, says WMO

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 10:24
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A global increase in heatwaves, and the associated environmental conditions giving rise to longer and more intense wildfires, could negatively

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Could melting Arctic sea ice be responsible for U.S. wildfires?

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 14:54
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Melting sea ice in the Arctic plays a significant role in the increase of wildfires in the United States, thousands

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WMO global temperature update finds 2020 one of three warmest years on record

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 15, 2021 at 14:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 09:49
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The year 2020 shaped up to be one of the three warmest years on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

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2020 shaping up to be among warmest years on record says WMO

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 15:05
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This year is shaping up to be among warmest years on record with extreme temperatures observed around the world, including

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Peat fires, like those raging in Siberia, will become more common in Canada

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Posted: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 10:22
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Listen to the full episode of What on Earth (27:00) Among the most unsettling images of 2020 — next to the

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Climate change has prolonged Siberian heat by at least 600 times, say researchers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 11:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 11:37
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The Siberian heat wave that’s made headlines around the world in recent months would not have been possible without human-caused

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Swedish municipalities to cooperate in fighting future wildfires

Monica Elfström, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 15, 2019 at 16:43
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It is hoped over fifty municipalities in central Sweden will work together to fight forest fires. After the huge fires

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Canadian Arctic could face ‘abrupt’ climate threats due to permafrost thaw, says study

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 15:11
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New research says major climate threats to Arctic communities, ecosystems and infrastructure could come much sooner than expected as vast

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Fire season in Yukon, northwestern Canada was ‘complex and challenging’

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Posted: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 10:39 — Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 14:47
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Damien Burns, the director of Yukon Wildland Fire Management, says firefighters in Yukon had quite a summer this year —

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‘History-maker’ wildfire in northwestern Canada could flare up again, politician worries

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Posted: Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 14:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 17:45
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Don Hutton, a retired wildland firefighter, says he’s never seen anything like the “history-maker” fire that raged near Mayo and

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Residents on alert as crews battle large wildfire in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 14:04
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Eighteen people have been flown out of the vicinity of a growing wildfire in central Yukon (northwestern Canada), while other

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Health impacts of wildfire smoke can linger for years, U.S. study says

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, September 2, 2019 at 15:00
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This summer has been filled with smoke for communities near the Swan Lake fire like Sterling and Cooper landing in

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Drivers describe ‘hellfire’ on Southcentral Alaska highway Sunday

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 10:29
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Marina Brooks was traveling the Sterling Highway from Anchorage to her home in Anchor Point, in Southcentral Alaska, Sunday night

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Calm winds helping firefighters battle wildfires in southcentral Alaska

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 10:06 — Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 10:44
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Calm winds are aiding firefighters as they continue to battle blazes throughout Southcentral. On Thursday, the McKinley Fire, between Willow

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Local firefighters first to fight southcentral Alaska wildfires

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 10:57
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Dozens of wildland firefighters have arrived from the Lower 48 this week to fight the McKinley fire south of Talkeetna.

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