Smoke from a wildfire in southwestern Greenland is hampering the wild reindeer hunt on the Arctic island, best known for its ice rather than burning grass and bushes.
Wildfire conditions remained 'static' during the long weekend but fires still a concern through August
The significant explosive eruption started around 10 a.m. Monday, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported.
On Sunday, Austin Ahmasuk went along the beach to his camp at the Sinuk River, about 28 miles from Nome, and shortly after hitting West Beach past the port, he found one dead seabird on the shore.
After hitting 100 degrees Wednesday, Portland’s light-rail trains are operating at slower speeds amid concern that the heat will cause tracks to expand and risk a derailment. In exchange for the slow service, inspectors are not checking riders for tickets.
By the end of the century, the global temperature is likely to rise more than 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
Weather patterns have changed so much in the past several years.
In some recent years, GHG emissions from BC wildfires have been more than from all other sectors put together
A major wildlife rehabilitation facility is bracing for the devastating impact of the B.C. wildfires on birds and mammals.
The warm periods are linked with storms that penetrate into the Arctic from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and bring the temperature up by as much as 30 C in the middle of winter.
As wildfires continue to rage in B.C., there's no rain relief in sight
In other parts of the West, evacuation orders were lifted in Colorado and Montana towns threatened by wildfires
British Columbia has declared a state of emergency and thousands have been evacuated.
Temperature records were broken around the province with Vernon breaking an 111-year-old record
Wildfires burned through thousands of acres of Great Plains farm and ranch land in the 1980s. Today, wildfires are likely to char millions of acres. The
High winds blasted across south-western Finland Friday, cutting electricity to customers. The rare June storm peaked on Friday afternoon.
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