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Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
9 Dec 2021
The Arctic Sounder
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Shungnak, Alaska, United States
23 Jun 2020
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Utqiagvik celebrates first whale of season in November
Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
19 Nov 2019
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Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
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Spring bounty: Utqiagvik landed 10 whales in less than two weeks
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Another break in fiber network causes temporary internet and cell service outage in Arctic Alaska
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Russia's Arctic coast warmest since records started, says weather service
Taymyr Peninsula, Russia
30 Mar 2021
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44 percent increase in unique ships entering Canada's Northwest Passage, says report
14 Apr 2021
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Officials are still scrambling to fix a rail link to Canada’s deepwater Arctic port
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
15 Dec 2017
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How debris from rockets launched far away is a risk to Inuit food security
Pikialasorsuaq North Water, North Baffin Bay
25 Oct 2017
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Fall storms now regularly batter Alaska’s Arctic coastal villages — but don’t always qualify for disaster funds
Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
20 Oct 2017
Arctic Now
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Researchers find high levels of microplastics on Norway’s Arctic coast
Hasvik, Finnmark Fylke, Norway
14 Dec 2017
Arctic Today
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Turkey struck by ‘sea snot’ because of global heating
Sea of Marmara
25 May 2021
the Guardian
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Satellites track real-time damage of ocean blob menacing Hawaii
Hawai'i, United States
1 Nov 2019
The Verge
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Hundreds of apparently 'flash-frozen' turtles wash ashore in New England
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
25 Nov 2018
the Guardian
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North Atlantic right whales may face extinction after no new births recorded
Gulf of Maine
26 Feb 2018
the Guardian
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Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950
Temuco, La Araucanía, Chile
4 Jan 2018
The Guardian
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Thousands of blue jellyfish clog cooling system in Israeli power plant
Ashqelon, Southern District, Israel
10 Jul 2020
The Independent
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Octopus invasion on Welsh beach blamed on effects of recent storms
New Quay, Wales, United Kingdom
29 Oct 2017
The Telegraph
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Penguin disaster as just two chicks survive from colony of 40,000
Petril Island
13 Oct 2017
the Guardian
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Plastic waste now polluting Arctic Ocean, scientists find
Arctic Ocean
25 Sep 2017
The Telegraph
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‘It’s time for us to go’: the Mexican fishing village swallowed by the sea
El Bosque, Tabasco, Mexico
20 Oct 2023
the Guardian
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B.C.’s sea life is bouncing back, slowly, after the 2021 heat dome
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
11 Jul 2022
The Narwhal
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Caribbean-bound tourists cancel holidays due to foul-smelling seaweed
Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
10 Aug 2015
the Guardian
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Thousands of Queensland beachgoers stung by swarm of jellyfish
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
7 Jan 2019
The Independent
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Melting Arctic ice reduces bowhead whale migration
Bearing, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas
20 Apr 2021
the Guardian
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Rough seas hamper containment and recovery operations at White Rose oilfield
White Rose Oilfield
16 Nov 2018
The Telegram
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Thousands of seabirds found dead along east coast – with climate change blamed
Stromness, Scotland, United Kingdom
18 Sep 2021
The Independent
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Rare Glass Sponge Reef Smothered By Fish Farm Waste
Cecil Island Fish Farm, British Columbia, Canada
30 Apr 2018
The Tyee
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Sea Lice Plagues Return and Threat to Wild Salmon Increases
Clayquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada
11 Jun 2019
The Tyee
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Killer whales are stalking boats and stealing their fish
Bering Sea
20 Jun 2017
The Verge
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Three great white sharks venture 'very tight' to Nova Scotia shores
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
14 Aug 2020
The Telegram
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The Salish Sea’s orcas are late for their annual summer visit, the latest sign something is wrong
Salish Sea
23 Jun 2019
The Star
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'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to tourist-free city
Venice, Veneto, Italy
20 Mar 2020
The Guardian
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Seabirds found with more than 250 pieces of plastic lodged in their stomachs
24 Sep 2018
The Telegraph
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Sierra Leone's stinking seaweed linked to Caribbean invasion
Tokeh, Western, Sierra Leone
17 Oct 2015
the Guardian
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Ecosystems across Australia are collapsing under climate change
Australia
4 Jul 2018
The Conversation
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Farmed Atlantic Salmon Virus Linked to Disease in Chinook
Okisollo Channel, British Columbia, Canada
7 May 2018
The Tyee
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Russian scientists find 'most powerful' ever methane seep in Arctic Ocean
Bennett Island, Russia
8 Oct 2019
The Telegraph
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NOAA trawl survey: Cold pool returns in the Bering Sea
Bering Sea
11 Nov 2022
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Whale-dolphin hybrid species discovered off coast of Hawaii
Kaua'i, Hawaii, United States
28 Jul 2018
The Independent
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Major Disaster Averted in Icy Kara Sea After Two Oil Barges Ran Aground
24 Nov 2021
The Moscow Times
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Valuable crab populations are in a ‘very scary’ decline in warming Bering Sea
Bering Sea
21 Sep 2021
The Seattle Times
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38 million pieces of plastic waste found on uninhabited South Pacific island
Henderson Island
15 May 2017
the Guardian
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Caribbean swamped by seaweed that smells like rotten eggs
Ambergris Caye, Belize, Belize
16 Nov 2018
the Guardian
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Meat industry blamed for largest-ever dead zone in Gulf of Mexico
1 Aug 2017
the Guardian
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Extraordinary levels of pollutants found in 10km deep Mariana trench
Mariana Trench
15 May 2017
the Guardian
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Weathering 'Storm of the Century'
Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
23 Jan 2020
The Shoreline News
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Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days
Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon Territories, Canada
17 Apr 2017
the Guardian
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Researchers find even higher algal levels in regional waters
Wales, Alaska, United States
30 Aug 2022
The Nome Nugget
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Low oxygen levels along Pacific Northwest coast a ‘silent’ climate change crisis
Seattle, Washington, United States
28 Sep 2021
The Seattle Times
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40-Meter High Wave Hits Icelandic Coast
Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
7 Feb 2022
The Reykjavik Grapevine
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«We have a difficult ice situation around the oil platform»
26 Jun 2018
The Independent Barents Observer
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Russian tanker passes through Bering Strait in the midst of winter
Uelen, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia
16 Jan 2021
The Nome Nugget
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Spill of farmed Atlantic salmon near San Juan Islands much bigger than first estimates
Cypress Island, Washington, United States
24 Aug 2017
The Seattle Times
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Saxitoxin detected in regional clam
Savoonga, Alaska, United States
6 Oct 2022
The Nome Nugget
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Large jellyfish threaten fisheries in the Sea of Japan
Wakasa Bay, Japan
5 Sep 2021
The Japan News
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Naha, Okinawa, Japan
3 Oct 2020
The Asahi Shimbun
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Researchers find high concentrations of harmful algae in regional waters
Nome, Alaska, United States
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The Nome Nugget
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Murmansk, Murmansk, Russia
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The Moscow Times
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California Sea Level Could Rise 10 Feet By End Of This Century
San Bruno, California, United States
27 Apr 2017
The Huffington Post
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Oily substance found near Savoonga remains a mystery
Savoonga, Alaska, United States
17 Jun 2020
The Nome Nugget
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Storm re-engineers mouth of Nome River
Nome, Alaska, United States
13 Nov 2020
The Nome Nugget
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Research vessel en route to Nome after trapped in ice for 14 days
Nome, Alaska, United States
19 Jun 2024
The Nome Nugget
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Storm erodes shoreline at Shishmaref
Shishmaref, Alaska, United States
25 Nov 2023
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Foreign plastic continues to wash up on region’s beaches
Nome, Alaska, United States
28 Aug 2020
The Nome Nugget
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Large-scale internet outage due to cut fiberoptic cable interrupts business as usual
Nome, Alaska, United States
13 Jun 2023
The Nome Nugget
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Graves continue to erode at historic St. Michael cemetery
St. Michael, Alaska, United States
21 Sep 2023
The Nome Nugget
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Two more Russian tankers transit Bering Strait
Diomede, Alaska, United States
30 Jan 2021
The Nome Nugget
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Dead birds prompt warnings across Island
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States
22 Jun 2022
The Martha's Vineyard Times
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Gulf of Maine Water Temperatures Soar Near Record Highs After Ocean 'Heat Wave'
Gulf of Maine
5 Sep 2018
The Weather Channel
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Brown Seaweed Appears in Massive Amounts on Florida, Caribbean Beaches
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
27 Jun 2018
The Weather Channel
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Southern Hemisphere Hoodwinker Sunfish Washes Up in California
Isla Vista, California, United States
27 Feb 2019
The UCSB Current
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Sea-ice lies thick on the water as Russian oil tanker sails Arctic route without icebreaker escort
Northern Sea Route
21 Jun 2024
The Independent Barents Observer
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Mass die-off of clams fouls Revere Beach
Revere, Massachusetts, United States
19 Sep 2018
The Boston Globe
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Jellyfish attack nuclear power plant
Torness Power Station, Scotland
28 Oct 2021
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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As the Caspian Sea Disappears, Life Goes on for Those Living by Its Shores
Derbent, Dagestan, Russia
27 Apr 2021
The Moscow Times
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Russian Cosmonaut Shares Unique Video of Shrinking Aral Sea as Seen From Outer Space
Aral Sea
10 Jun 2022
The Astana Times
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Russian Arctic Sea Fails to Freeze
Laptev Sea
2 Nov 2020
The Moscow Times
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Harmful algae bloom detected in Bering Strait waters
Bering Straits, Alaska
3 Aug 2023
The Nome Nugget
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Foreign trash continues to wash up on regional shores
Gambell, Alaska, United States
16 Oct 2020
The Nome Nugget
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400 turtles found mysteriously dead off El Salvador coast
La Libertad, La Libertad, El Salvador
8 Nov 2017
The Weather Network
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Beluga Family Rescued From Low Tide by Russian Emergency Worker
Chumikan, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
15 Oct 2020
The Moscow Times
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The Arctic is full of mercury, and scientists think they know how it's getting there
Toolik Field Station, Alaska, United States
12 Jul 2017
The Washington Post
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Fall storm wreaks havoc
Teller, Alaska, United States
13 Nov 2020
The Nome Nugget
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Nature follows its own break-up calendar
Nome, Alaska, United States
27 Apr 2018
The Nome Nugget
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New Year's storm pummels Bering Strait, St. Lawrence Island
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
6 Jan 2017
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Environment ministers on Barents coast to discuss Arctic sea safety and climate change
Vardø, Finnmark Fylke, Norway
24 Nov 2017
The Independent Barents Observer
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As ice layers get thinner, ship sets another Arctic speed record
Novaya Zemlya, Архангельская область, Russia
16 Jan 2018
The Independent Barents Observer
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Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater
Bukit Duri, Jakarta, Indonesia
21 Dec 2017
The New York Times
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With less sea ice, expect seal pups near shore
Nome, Alaska, United States
21 May 2022
The Nome Nugget
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Pink water at Sentosa Cove caused by heavy rainfall
Sentosa
17 Jan 2021
The Straits Times
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'Historic Devastation' ahead from Hurricane Harvey
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
25 Aug 2017
The Weather Network
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Atlantic salmon escape U.S. fish farm near B.C. waters
Cypress Island, Washington, United States
24 Aug 2017
The Globe and Mail
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New Methane Discharge Discovered in Russia's Arctic
28 Oct 2020
The Moscow Times
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