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Opinion: The mystery of Anchorage’s missing songbirds

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

17 May 2025

Anchorage Daily News

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Cost estimates rising for permafrost-related damage to Alaska roads and buildings

Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States

9 May 2025

Anchorage Daily News

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Alaska shellfish toxin testing project halted during federal review

Knik, Alaska, United States

7 May 2025

Alaska Public Media

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Arctic sea ice has been hitting record lows. Scientists just lost a critical tool for studying it.

Alaska, United States

7 May 2025

Alaska Public Media

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Wolverines making stealthy return to southern Finland

Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland

4 May 2025

Yle News

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Przewalski’s Horse to Be Reintroduced to Numrug Strictly Protected Area Under the Auspices of the President of Mongolia

Khalkhgol, Dornod, Mongolia

2 May 2025

MONTSAME News Agency

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Disappearing Nunatsiavut sea ice continues as climate change dramatically alters Labrador landscape

Nain, Nunatsiavut, Canada

20 Apr 2025

CBC News

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Wild Reindeer Threatened by Tourists and Early Spring: “This Can’t Continue!”

Hardangervidda and Nordfjella, Buskerud, Norway

17 Apr 2025

NRK

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Unpredictable Alaska winter and spring keep gardeners guessing

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

17 Apr 2025

Anchorage Daily News

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Rare thunderstorm near the North Pole: A sign of a warming Arctic?

Rare thunderstorm near the North Pole: A sign of a warming Arctic?

Sharp fall in rare bird (Slavonian grebe) numbers at loch beauty spot sparks water access restrictions consultation

Loch Ruthven, Farr, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

14 Apr 2025

Inverness Courier

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Anxiety Drugs Found in Rivers Make Salmon Take More Risks

The great hollow of Minto Flats

Minto, Alaska, United States

8 Apr 2025

Kodiak Daily Mirror

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Water testing increased after 96‑litre fuel spill in Baker Lake, Nunavut

Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada

4 Apr 2025

CBC News

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Warm March accelerates spring blooms

Various locations, Finland, Finland

4 Apr 2025

Yle News

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Polar bears on Svalbard tend to leave dens earlier

Svalbard, Svalbard, Norway

1 Apr 2025

Eye on the Arctic

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Fairbanks student digs into the mystery of a CO2-breathing forest hole

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

1 Apr 2025

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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Signs of drought in B.C.'s latest snow, water supply bulletin

British Columbia, Canada

1 Apr 2025

CTV News

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Polar bears on Svalbard tend to leave dens earlier

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

1 Apr 2025

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Polar bears on Svalbard tend to leave dens earlier

Svalbard, Svalbard, Norway

1 Apr 2025

The Barents Observer

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Snow's Absence and Welcome Presence

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

1 Apr 2025

Kodiak Daily Mirror

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Finland sees exceptionally warm April

Icebreaker operator: 'We are seeing a more complicated situation with sea ice'

Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

31 Mar 2025

The Barents Observer

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	Land Mammals	5
	Safety	5
	Ice / Snow Change	5
	Weather	5
	Birds	4
	Death / Die-off / Decline	4
	Land	4
	Unusual Range / Sighting	4
	Transportation	4
	Ocean / Sea	3
	Sports / Recreation	3
	Water Management	3
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	3
	Atmosphere	2
	Cultural Impact	2
	Extreme Temperature	2
	Food Security	2
	Harvest Change	2
	Permafrost Change	2
	Plants / Kelp	2
	Sanitation	2
	Marine Mammals	2
	Thunderstorm	2
	Unusual Animal Behavior	1
	Physical or Chemical Change	1
	Amphibians	1
	Drought	1
	Earthquake	1
	Economic Impact	1
	Fisheries	1
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Background Articles

Opinion: The mystery of Anchorage’s missing songbirds

Cost estimates rising for permafrost-related damage to Alaska roads and buildings

Alaska shellfish toxin testing project halted during federal review

Arctic sea ice has been hitting record lows. Scientists just lost a critical tool for studying it.

Wolverines making stealthy return to southern Finland

Przewalski’s Horse to Be Reintroduced to Numrug Strictly Protected Area Under the Auspices of the President of Mongolia

75% of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says

Kuskokwim breakup proceeds at rapid pace for middle-river communities

Wood frogs are once again singing, a springtime delight

Emperor and Black Brant geese harvests restricted due to low population

Disappearing Nunatsiavut sea ice continues as climate change dramatically alters Labrador landscape

Wild Reindeer Threatened by Tourists and Early Spring: “This Can’t Continue!”

Unpredictable Alaska winter and spring keep gardeners guessing

Rare thunderstorm near the North Pole: A sign of a warming Arctic?

Rare thunderstorm near the North Pole: A sign of a warming Arctic?

Sharp fall in rare bird (Slavonian grebe) numbers at loch beauty spot sparks water access restrictions consultation

Anxiety Drugs Found in Rivers Make Salmon Take More Risks

The great hollow of Minto Flats

Water testing increased after 96‑litre fuel spill in Baker Lake, Nunavut

Warm March accelerates spring blooms

Polar bears on Svalbard tend to leave dens earlier

Fairbanks student digs into the mystery of a CO2-breathing forest hole

Signs of drought in B.C.'s latest snow, water supply bulletin

Polar bears on Svalbard tend to leave dens earlier

Polar bears on Svalbard tend to leave dens earlier

Snow's Absence and Welcome Presence

Finland sees exceptionally warm April

Icebreaker operator: 'We are seeing a more complicated situation with sea ice'

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