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Western Alaska braces for strong storm and possible floods

Kotzebue, Alaska, United States

Officials believe Hooper Bay's sewage lagoon broke open due to cold followed by rain

Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States

The Great Siberian Thaw

Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia

I hope people talk about this storm for a long time

Cantwell, Alaska, United States

Anchorage Daily News

Canadian military sets up water purification units for Iqaluit at the Sylvia Grinnell River

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

US communities say dire predictions in UN climate report already unfolding

Water and sanitation deficiencies worsened the COVID pandemic in rural Alaska, a study finds

Alaska, United States

Climate change is worsening water scarcity in rural Alaska says study

Eye on the Arctic

St Vincent volcano erupts again, spewing more gas and ash

La Soufriere, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Garbage in the water: How old landfills are harming Inuit communities; marine food chains

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Tuluksak desperate for a source of drinking water almost 2 weeks after fire destroyed water plant

Tuluksak, Alaska, United States

Anchorage Daily News

– Me er ein kommune i kneståande som har ein lang veg opp

Ask, Akershus, Norway

City of Iqaluit approves $64M plan to build new reservoir

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Alaska Town Fleeing to Higher Ground

Newtok, Alaska, United States

Metlakatla, which depends on water, has moved quickly to accommodate the realities of drought

Metlakatla, Alaska, United States

Alaska Public Media

Iqaluit water reservoir is almost full, just in time for winter

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

California Sinking

Corcoran, California, United States

Canada's Pollution Problem Is So Bad That It's Currently Raining Plastic

Greenhouse gas emissions provide extreme warming in Svalbard

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Miljodirektoratet

Thawing of Earth 3rd pole; could affect 1.9 billion people, study says

Hindu Kush Himalaya

Video Describes Sanitation Adaptation with Arctic Box Repair

Holy Cross, Alaska, United States

Survived the landslide accident in Svalbard. Now comes the twins' story of living with climate change.

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Harmful algae blooms found across Central Montana

Central and Western Montana, United States

Mysterious algae vortex the size of Manhattan can be seen from space

MNN - Mother Nature Network

How to Stop Toxic Algae From Overwhelming Florida's Largest Lake

Lake Okeechobee, Florida, United States

Pacific Standard

U.S. Coastal Flooding Breaks Records as Sea Level Rises, NOAA Report Shows

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

InsideClimate News

Erosion may force this Southwest Alaska village to move — again

Chefornak, Alaska, United States

Anchorage Daily News

Miami Beach's Tidal Flooding Has Jumped by 400 Percent in the Past Decade

South Beach, Miami, Florida, United States

Miami New Times

Miami: How Rising Sea Levels Endanger South Florida

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Nunavut sees 5-year high for water advisories in 2021

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Tuluksak Will Lose Only Source Of Running Water During Breakup

Tuluksak, Alaska, United States

The Big Thaw - Alaska becomes the nation's first frontier of climate disruption

Selawik, Alaska, United States

Type Investigations

‘Some days we eat grass’: families on the edge in Afghanistan’s food crisis – in pictures

Sea ice, storms and coastal erosion in Nelson Lagoon - Science Q&A with Reyce Bogardus

Nelson Lagoon, Alaska, United States

Study finds future snowmelt could have costly consequences on infrastructure

Still waiting on Merbok aid, Shaktoolik braces for fall storms

Shaktoolik, Alaska, United States

The Nome Nugget

Study links lack of running water to prevalence of ear infections among rural Alaska children

Nome, Alaska, United States

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