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In Omsk, court enforcement officers suspended the operation of an asphalt mixing plant, which emits harmful substances into the air.

“People assume that we’re entering this new Arctic, when in reality we have faced adversity for thousands of years. We’ve always been able to adapt and be resilient.

Unhealthful air quality is plaguing the region.

Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.

In big and small ways, a pandemic has altered what Anchorage feels like to live in, from coffee to court to riding the bus.

With the number of COVID-19 cases outside of China increasing 13-fold, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global pandemic on Thursday, urging governments “to take urgent and aggressive action” to stop its spread.

BRUNY ISLAND, TASMANIA (WASHINGTON POST) - Even before the ocean caught fever and reached temperatures no one had ever seen, Australia's ancient giant kelp was cooked.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Temperatures across the Arctic have been warmer than usual this fall, with one community in the Northwest Territories recording above-average temperatures for 72 days in a row.

As sea ice in the Arctic decreases due to climate change, it’s opening the way for more than cruise ship travel. Scientists have found evidence that links the decline of sea ice to the emergence of a virus in Arctic marine mammals that has killed thousands of seals in European waters.

For half a century, Taku had been the one known Alaskan glacier to withstand the effects of climate change – until now.

Regulations have lowered mercury emissions globally, but the risks to ocean ecosystems and human health may be getting worse.

Regulations have lowered mercury emissions globally, but the risks to ocean ecosystems and human health may be getting worse.

As we rolled into November, scientists discovered last month was the warmest October on record globally.

Toxic algal blooms which can be fatal to humans, are increasing across the world as temperatures rise, according to the first global survey of dozens of freshwater lakes based on 30 years of NASA data. 

Four people are confirmed sick in an outbreak of scombroid fish poisonings that are related to tuna now under recall by Mical Seafood Inc. “Elevated

For more than a century farmers in California's Central Valley have been pumping water out of the ground — so much so that the land is slowly sinking, a process known as subsidence. In fewer than 100 years, it's dropped 8½ metres.

The top of the world saw record-beating average temperatures flashing through all three summer months.

The monthly temperature for the entire country was 1.7 degrees above normal.

Climate change is making life difficult for the indigenous people - and wildlife - of the Sami region.

This summer has been filled with smoke for communities near the Swan Lake fire like Sterling and Cooper landing. So what does this mean for people's lungs and what are the long-term health effects?