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Diomede, Alaska, United States
Sandra L. Medearis /
The Nome Nugget /
August 17, 2018
The “thermal curtain” is another expression for “cold pool” that acts as a barrier to keep some species—pollock and Pacific cod, for example — from migrating across the eastern Bering Sea shelf and northward toward the Bering Strait. For the first time in 37 years of surveying the Bering Sea, we could not find the cold water barrier.
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Saco, Maine, United States
Dennis Hoey /
Press Herald /
August 13, 2018
Marine mammal experts are testing tissue samples for a potential common cause of the surge in carcasses found on the state's beaches this year.
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on Press Herald
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Þórshöfn, Northeast, Iceland
Iceland Review /
Iceland Review /
August 3, 2018
An unusually high number of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) have been sighted in fjords in North and East Iceland.
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Porvoo, Uusimaa, Finland
Yle Uutiset /
August 8, 2018
Sightings of great egrets have been reported for decades, but sightings this summer confirm the first time the species has nested in Finland.
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Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States
Kathy Kuletz and Cynthia Paniyak /
LEO Network /
July 16, 2018
Residents of Chevak and Hooper Bay found two species of sea bird either dead or approachable near the mouth of the Kiuqliiviq and Aprun rivers near fish camps. Residents of Hooper Bay also found a dead sea mammal on the beach.
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Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Angela Hill /
CBC /
August 16, 2018
Stantec engineering designed the plans for pumping water from the Apex River to Lake Geraldine, the city's reservoir, which has lower water levels than in years past.
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on CBC
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British Columbia, Canada
DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS /
The Globe and Mail /
August 19, 2018
The smoke has pushed pollution in Calgary and other cities to dangerous levels, and cast an unsettling, spooky haze over almost every part of B.C.
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Gambell, Alaska, United States
Dan Joling, Associated Press /
Anchorage Daily News /
August 10, 2018
Carcasses examined so far have shown no indication of disease, and tests are pending for harmful algal toxins. Seabirds have been found emaciated and starved, and changed ocean conditions may have affected prey.
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on Anchorage Daily News
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Jokkmokk, Norrbottens län, Sweden
Jonathan Watts /
The Guardian /
July 30, 2018
A sleepy Lapland fire station is calling in help from all corners to fight the unprecedented wildfires sweeping the region.
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on The Guardian
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