Locals blamed a mining company for attempting to hide what they called an 'ecological tragedy.'
The winter holiday offers 15 degrees (C) of heat and spring flowers.
Blame for pollution is focused on failure of coal plant to filter emissions.
Thinning sea ice has driven more than 50 polar bears ashore on an Arctic archipelago in northern Russia, causing chaos for the local population.
Snow may have fallen at the lowest elevation ever observed in the state.
The spectacular natural formation near Haines Junction has become a big draw for visitors.
Public health officials confirmed that four Nome residents had been hospitalized in early January with preliminary results pointing to poising from foodborne type E botulism from an aged beluga flipper.
In Etne in Hordaland, 30.4 degrees of heat were measured at 15 today. Never has it been so hot so late in the year in Norway.
'This year especially there's been lots of reports of thin ice and open water in places where there hasn't been in previous years,' said James Connor of the Klondike Snowmobile Association.
Last week, in the wee hours of the morning, a curious wolverine was caught on camera wandering the hallway to a dormitory at Diavik Diamond Mine.
Authorities warned that drivers should use caution in the area due to the potential for additional rockslides.
Australia’s heat waves, now an annual ordeal, have been expanding into new territory — like Tasmania, where more than 50 wildfires were burning as of Friday.
The third such bite in two years prompted a police warning in the Aleutian Islands town.
For safety dogs and mushers will be trucked from Braeburn to Carmacks.
Officers received four separate calls in 48 hours from Sunday to Monday. The wolves were quite active, quite brazen, coming out in the daylight hours right in residential areas. One resident had a dog encounter with one of the wolves but was not harmed.
Jim Hollandsworth of Arctic Village said he encountered the bear in early January. He said the bear had tried to get into his cabin about 32 kilometers from the village.
Heavy rainfall breaks local and regional records, as provincial governments in the Litoral region struggle to
Sea lions have been pushed to come closer town because of marine pollution and over fishing, and now they are eating the scraps from the fish processing plant.
More than 13,000 stings were recorded in Queensland alone last week, with more than 2,500 people seeking treatment over the weekend, according to rescue organizations.
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