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United Nations /
August 9, 2021
It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.
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Lytton, British Columbia, Canada
Eva Uguen-Csenge, Bethany Lindsay /
CBC /
June 29, 2021
Lytton, B.C., has broken the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada for a third straight day, hitting a scorching 49.6 C on Tuesday.
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Bethel, Alaska, United States
Zachariah Hughes /
Anchorage Daily News /
July 31, 2021
Chum returns are the lowest on record, leaving communities with empty freezers and uncertainty about getting through the winter.
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Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Karina Zapata /
CBC /
July 13, 2021
Of the 92 pools of mosquitoes tested, 30 had at least one mosquito that tested positive for California serogroup viruses. There has been one confirmed diagnosis of meningoencephalitis — a severe neurological condition — caused by the snowshoe hare virus. There have been no positive cases yet of West Nile Virus.
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Nome, Alaska, United States
Diana Haecker /
The Nome Nugget /
August 7, 2021
Starting last week, regional residents reported numerous dead seabirds washing up on regional beaches. Alaska Sea Grant Agent Gay Sheffield said there were carcasses of murres, puffins, shearwaters and a kittiwake starting on July 28; in Golovin, Solomon, Nome and a dead Little Diomede.
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Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia
Evan Gershkovich /
The Moscow Times /
August 5, 2021
The driest summer in 150 years has turned Yakutia into a tinderbox and seen wildfires tear through the region.
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Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland
RÚV /
August 5, 2021
This July was the warmest on record in nearly all of North and East Iceland. The average temperature was above 14°C at several weather stations, and no average monthly temperature in Iceland is ever known to have been higher.
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Nunatsiaq News /
August 3, 2021
Recent research has found that coccolithophore blooms are occupying increasingly more space in the Barents Sea. Between 1998 and 2016, coccolithophore summer blooms have expanded poleward and their surface area in the Barents Sea has doubled.
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