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Djupivogur, East, Iceland
Alexander Elliott /
RÚV /
January 20, 2022
Close to 300 birds were found during a sweep of East Fjords beaches. No sign of bird flu was found in samples from dead seabirds. It is thought likely the birds died of hunger, as most were very thin. No widespread seabird deaths have been reported in any other region at this time.
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on RÚV
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Westfjords, Iceland
Ragnar Tómas /
Iceland Review /
January 24, 2022
Researchers have confirmed that the fish species sprat is spawning in Icelandic waters, according to a new report from Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute. Sprat has been found in significant numbers off the south and west coast and spawned near Ísafjarðardjúp fjord in the Westfjords last year.
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on Iceland Review
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Кармадонское, Пригородный район, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
Felix Light /
The Moscow Times /
January 20, 2022
Caucasian glaciers have lost a quarter of their surface area to climate change since the millennium. “We don’t have winters here anymore,” said Sergei Nureddinov, a guest house owner in the mountaintop village of Verkhniy Kani, gesturing to the glacier from his front yard. “The climate catastrophe is here.”
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on The Moscow Times
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Chukchi Sea
Atle Staalesen /
Eye on the Arctic /
January 17, 2022
The troublesome shipping on the Northern Sea Route continues into the new year. Almost three weeks after the world's most powerful icebreaker arrived in the Chukchi Sea, none of the four vessels stuck in the area have broken out of the ice.
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on Eye on the Arctic
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Lovell, Maine, United States
Deirdre Fleming /
Press Herald /
January 23, 2022
The openings were left after ice-in started during a cold snap, but didn’t quite finish in the deepest parts of the lake, about a quarter of a mile off shore. The two loons were stuck and unable to take off, because common loons require a water “runway” to push off and get airborne. Farther up the lake, three other loons were stuck in similar fashion.
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on Press Herald
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Juneau, Alaska, United States
Jennifer Pemberton, KTOO /
KTOO /
January 22, 2022
The nearly 3.5 inches at the city’s official monitoring station was a daily record – the most rain that’s fallen on January 21st ever – and also a monthly record – the most rain that has ever fallen in January.
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on KTOO
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Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada
Madalyn Howitt /
Nunatsiaq News /
January 20, 2022
Since November, six foxes and three dogs in Nunavut have been found to be infected with rabies. Wednesday’s fox attack brings the total to seven foxes and five dogs with likely rabies infections.
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on Nunatsiaq News
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Saint Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
BBC News /
January 31, 2022
Gusts of up to 85mph were recorded in parts of Scotland as Storm Malik swept across the country.
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on BBC News
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