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Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Alaska Public Media /
May 18, 2020
After a cold winter and spring, high temperatures around the Interior prompted birch tree buds to burst, sending record-setting levels of pollen into the air.
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on Alaska Public Media
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Nome, Alaska, United States
Toby Anungazuk Jr and Vanessa Tahbone /
LEO Network /
June 4, 2020
Ocean water may be tinted yellow from pollen.
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Iceland
Larissa Kyzer /
Iceland Review /
May 30, 2020
The bee population resurgence is thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Sometimes, a terrible thing can also help."
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on Iceland Review
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Göteborg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Sveriges Radio /
Radio Sweden /
June 1, 2020
A rare bird that has only been sighted twice before in Europe turned up in western Sweden on Sunday, causing great excitement among ornithologists.
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on Radio Sweden
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Peaks Island, Maine, United States
Dustin Wlodkowski and Melanie Tymn /
NECN /
May 27, 2020
A large lion's mane jellyfish was found on the shore on Peaks Island, Maine, over the weekend that measured in at a whopping five feet.
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on NECN
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Greenland
Jelena Ćirić /
Iceland Review /
June 3, 2020
A seal pup found in Iceland about five months ago has now returned to its home turf in Greenland. The ringed seal pup was found behaving strangely in Njarðvík harbor.
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on Iceland Review
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Alta, Finnmark Fylke, Norway
Elise Holdal /
NRK /
June 4, 2020
There is still a lot of snow melt remaining and continued risk of flooding and landslides in large parts of the country. Now experts are hoping for the least amount of rainfall to avoid the most dramatic situations.
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on NRK
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Alaska, United States
Andrew Freedman, The Washington Post /
Anchorage Daily News /
May 28, 2020
The wildfires can burrow into rich organic material, such as the vast peatlands that ring the Arctic, and smolder under the snowpack throughout the frigid winter.
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on Anchorage Daily News
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