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The Northern Climate Observer is published by the Center for Climate and Health. We track news coverage from across the circumpolar north and provide readers with a curated roundup of climate change related events. Thank you for reading our newsletter and for paying attention to our changing world.

	One of Alaska’s warmest springs on record is causing a dangerous thaw Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post / Anchorage Daily News / April 19, 2019 “Climate change is happening faster than it’s ever happened before in our record,” Utquiagvik-based NOAA scientist Bryan Thomas said. “We’re right in the middle of it.” Read article on Anchorage Daily News
	Melting ice is disrupting daily life in the Y-K Delta in the worst possible way Bethel, Alaska, United States Krysti Shallenberger / Alaska Public Media / April 13, 2019 This spring has seen record-breaking warm temperatures across Alaska. In the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the Kuskokwim River is melting early — with devastating consequences. Read article on Alaska Public Media
	No Chestnut Trees, No Honey — Beekeeping at Risk in Russia's South Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy, Russia Reuters / The Moscow Times / April 18, 2019 A sharp decline in chestnut trees caused by a parasitic fungus in Russia's southern Krasnodar region is threatening the area's honey production, according to local beekeepers and scientists. Read article on The Moscow Times
	Record-high bird count at Yukon's Swan Haven over weekend CBC / April 15, 2019 One wildlife expert says seeing more than 2,000 trumpeter swans at the sanctuary is unusual, but on Saturday there were nearly 3,000 counted. Read article on CBC
	More calls expected on snake bites after last year's rise Sveriges Radio / Radio Sweden / April 17, 2019 The number of people calling the Swedish Poisons Information Centre about snake bites rose sharply in 2018 and is expected to continue its upward slide ... Read article on Radio Sweden
	Frantic bid to save Umka the lost and forlorn polar bear who travelled 700 km in the wrong direction on ice floe Tilichiki, Kamtsjatka, Russia Siberia Times / April 18, 2019 Lame, exhausted and confused, the young male polar bear is far from his natural habitat to the north. Read article on Siberia Times
	Early Bees and Butterflies Chistochina, Alaska, United States Wilson Justin / LEO Network / April 17, 2019 The sun when direct was intense, definitely not April and not May...more like the month of June. Read post on the LEO Network
	Watch: Rescuers save dog as ice cover thins rapidly across Finland Kirkkonummi, Uusimaa, Finland Yle Uutiset / April 20, 2019 Forecasts indicate that ice cover will thin by dozens of centimetres all the way up to Lapland. Read article on Yle Uutiset
	State of emergency after dozens of houses destroyed in fearsome wildfires in TransBaikal region Chita, Transbaikal Territory, Russia Siberia Times / April 19, 2019 At least 90 left homeless in one village after raging infernos, say reports. Read article on Siberia Times

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