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Finland
Yle Uutiset /
June 25, 2020
Finland is continuing to heat up this summer - and nearing the all-time heat record for June.
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on Yle Uutiset
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Södertälje, Stockholm, Sweden
Sveriges Radio /
Radio Sweden /
June 25, 2020
Hospital staff in protective gear are suffering as central Sweden experiences a heatwave.
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on Radio Sweden
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Verkhoyansk, Sakha, Russia
Anchorage Daily News /
June 22, 2020
Much of Siberia this year has had unseasonably high temperatures, leading to sizable wildfires.
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on Anchorage Daily News
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Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
Annabelle Olivier /
Global News /
June 25, 2020
A video posted to social media shows the seal sunbathing on a floating dock in Laval, close to where the Mille Îles River joins the St. Lawrence River.
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on Global News
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Point Loma, Coronado, California, United States
Christy Simeral /
FOX 5 San Diego /
June 27, 2020
A beluga whale was spotted Friday off San Diego -- the farthest south the species has been documented on the West Coast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed.
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on FOX 5 San Diego
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Shishmaref, Alaska, United States
KTVA /
June 21, 2020
Denise Fernandez has lived on the island her entire life and says she's never seen waves like she did on Monday.
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on KTVA
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Roberval, Quebec, Canada
Spencer Van Dyk /
CBC /
June 28, 2020
A viral video shows the insects blanketing the vehicles in an auto dealership parking lot. The incidence of swarming of this species of moth, aspen tortrix, is increasing.
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on CBC
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The Independent Barents Observer /
June 26, 2020
Invisible for humans, but detectable for radiation-filters. A cloud with tiny levels of radioactivity, believed to originate from western Russia, has been detected over Scandinavia and European Arctic.
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on The Independent Barents Observer
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Unalaska, Alaska, United States
Julieanne Renee Berikoff, Melissa Good, Barbara Mahoney and Gay Sheffield /
LEO Network /
June 24, 2020
Female Stellar sea lion found dead on the beach, partially scavenged by eagles. There was no sign of any bullet holes. In addition, there wasn't any other evidence of what happened to the sea lion.
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Seward, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News /
June 26, 2020
The Seward facility began housing five seals found in the Cook Inlet area and another that was rescued in Juneau.
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on Anchorage Daily News
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