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Salo, Southwest Finland, Finland
News /
June 21, 2023
The sale of fishing permits has been suspended for two sites where water temperatures have risen to critically high levels, especially for salmon.
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on News
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British Columbia, Canada
CBC /
June 12, 2023
A group of Indigenous communities from Alaska and B.C. has declared a state of emergency related to Pacific salmon populations, and says First Nations need to be more involved in managing traditional resources.
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on CBC
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Gulf of Alaska, Northeast Pacific Ocean
Kayla Desroches, KMXT /
KTOO /
March 13, 2018
A disaster declaration could make the fishery eligible for federal relief funds, although who specifically would receive money would be figured out later.
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on KTOO
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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
BBC News /
June 16, 2023
Environment agency Sepa said every part of the country had now reached some level of water scarcity. The weather conditions could last until early July and followed a drier than usual winter and spring. In May, Scotland only received 44% of its long-term average rainfall.
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on BBC News
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Kotzebue, Alaska, United States
Desiree Hagen, KOTZ - Kotzebue /
Alaska Public Media /
June 1, 2023
Following a thaw slump, the water becomes cloudy and full of sediment, potentially suffocating the eggs of spawning sheefish. Scientists are concerned that permafrost thaw could lead to declines in the sheefish population, a staple food for many Alaskans.
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on Alaska Public Media
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Nordre Leirvåg - Bjarkøy, Harstad, Troms and Finnmark, Norway
Kari Anne Skoglund, Børge Hoseth /
NRK /
June 1, 2023
Kjell Arvid Andersen thought the birds were behaved strangely. Then he and his neighbors found over 30 dead birds.
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on NRK
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Norway
Mark Kane /
InsideEVs /
In May, 11,865 new passenger plug-in cars were registered in Norway (up 21% year-over-year), which is about 88.9% of the total volume.
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on InsideEVs
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