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Anchorage, Alaska, United States
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Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage /
Alaska Public Media /
April 11, 2023
Snow dumped on Southcentral Alaska this weekend, with more than 8 inches falling in the Anchorage area and about 5 inches in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. A Climatologist says this weekend has led to a record amount of snowpack this late in the season.
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Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News /
April 11, 2023
Anchorage municipal officials say at least 16 roofs have buckled in the city this winter under heavy snow and ice, and they’re wary of additional collapses after another storm dropped more snow this weekend.
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Kotzebue, Alaska, United States
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Jimmy Evak and Richard L Thoman Jr /
LEO Network /
March 25, 2023
"I was born and raised in Kotzebue and have been through many storms. This was one of the worst."
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Tromsø, Troms, Norway
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Helge Lurås /
inyheter.no - Nyheter og aktuelt - Innenriks og Utenriks. /
March 25, 2023
It has never snowed more in Tromsø in March than this year. There has been 158 cm of snow on the record so far this month and the previous record is 150 cm from 2000.
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Ocean Park, Washington, United States
opb /
Shellfish growers in Willapa Bay in southwest Washington, the self-styled "Oyster Capital of the World," are alarmed by an invasion of potentially destructive nonnative European green crabs. Some are asking for an all-out trapping offensive to corral the invasive species.
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Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
CBC /
April 3, 2023
A pet dog in Oshawa has died after testing positive for avian flu, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. The CFIA says the number of documented cases of H5N1 — also known as avian flu — in other species like cats and dogs is low, and based on current evidence, the risk to the general public remains low.
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Canada
CBC /
April 7, 2023
Across Canada, an estimated seven million birds and counting have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza during a devastating global outbreak that shows no signs of winding down. Now, as millions more migrate north, scientists warn it’s yet another opportunity for this virus to spread and evolve.
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on CBC
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Iceland
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Jelena Ćirić /
Iceland Review /
April 4, 2023
The degenerative and fatal disease scrapie has been diagnosed in sheep at Bergsstaðir farm in Northwest Iceland. It is the first time the disease has been detected in the region, which will have an impact not just on Bergsstaðir but the entire district.
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on Iceland Review
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Arctic
The Independent Barents Observer /
April 21, 2023
“Warmer and wetter winters shorten the winter season and prolong the growing season, which give rise to new opportunities. Among other things, this includes higher annual yield with several harvests, along with the possibility to grow new, more productive crop varieties and species,” says Dr Sigridur Dalmannsdottir at NIBIO.
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Pacific Ocean
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Scott Neuman - NPR /
Alaska Public Media /
April 6, 2023
In March, Ingrid Weisse, her husband and two young sons were aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 889, headed home from Portland, Ore. to Hawaii, when the Boeing 737 began buffeting so fiercely that it felt as if the plane would shake itself apart. The reason for this is clear-air turbulence, As global temperatures increase due to rising levels of greenhouse emissions such as carbon dioxide, the jet stream is experiencing more wind shear.
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Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland
CBC /
March 16, 2023
Oulu has more than 900 kilometres of separated bike paths, which is comparable to Montreal. In the winter, the city plows this huge bike network by 6 a.m. every day and will plow multiple times a day if needed.
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