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The Northern
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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.

	Anchorage hits an official 90 degrees for the first time on record Anchorage, Alaska, United States Anchorage Daily News / Anchorage Daily News / July 5, 2019 There’s little relief from the daytime heat in the forecast for the rest of the holiday weekend. Read article on Anchorage Daily News
	Dense smoke advisory issued for Fairbanks, North Pole area Staff Report / Fairbanks Daily News-Miner / July 7, 2019 A smoke respite room has been set up at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. The Chandler Room on the first floor will be open 24 hours a day until further notice. Read article on Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
	Anchorage fire officials respond to 25 fires in a day; implore public to heed burn ban Anchorage, Alaska, United States Michelle Theriault Boots / Anchorage Daily News / July 8, 2019 The city is so parched and hot that even a cigarette tossed into a pile of fluffy cottonwood fiber could ignite a fire. Read article on Anchorage Daily News
	General open fire ban in effect for much of Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada CBC / July 8, 2019 Due to 'extreme fire danger,' all open fires have been banned across much of Yukon, effective immediately. Read article on CBC
	Flood apocalypse in Eastern Siberia kills five and maroons 9,919 whose homes destroyed or damaged Tulun, Irkutsk, Russia Siberia Times Reporter / Siberia Times / June 30, 2019 State of emergency in Irkutsk region as President Vladimir Putin flies in amid carnage from heavy rain - with ‘worse to come’. Read article on Siberia Times
	Sand Lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) Die-Off Kodiak, Alaska, United States Stephanie Mason, Ted Meyers, Jayde Ferguson and Bruce Wright / LEO Network / July 8, 2019 Hundreds of dead sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) found along the shores of White Sands Beach. Read post on the LEO Network
	Dead Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Floating Down River Shaktoolik, Alaska, United States Jolene Auliye, Jayde Ferguson and Toby Thaler / LEO Network / July 7, 2019 "Our temperatures reached 83 degrees, and seem to be getting hotter! We think that maybe the warm water has something to do with the humpy die-off?" Read post on the LEO Network
	Eating shellfish you’ve harvested yourself is risky - and can be deadly Juneau, Alaska, United States Tegan Hanlon / Anchorage Daily News / July 6, 2019 In Southeast Alaska this summer, researchers have seen extremely high levels of harmful toxins in mussels and clams plucked from beaches. Read article on Anchorage Daily News
	Researcher discovers mussels on California coast were cooked to death in heat wave Bodega Bay, California, United States SFGate / July 3, 2019 Massive amounts of the mussels clinging to the rocky shores and cliffs of the Bodega Marine Reserve were cooked in the June heat wave. Read article on SFGate

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