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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.
Mountain Village, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News / May 2, 2019

The cold and wet hunters built a fire to keep warm until Alaska Army National Guard rescuers arrived hours later.

Read article on Anchorage Daily News



Arnarstapi, West, Iceland
ALEXANDER ELLIOTT / RÚV / April 29, 2019

If climate change continues at its current pace, the famous Snæfellsjökull glacier in West Iceland will be all-but completely gone by 2050.

Read article on RÚV



Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
CBC / May 2, 2019

Permafrost in some areas of the Canadian Arctic is thawing so fast that it's gulping up the equipment left there to study it.

Read article on CBC



Garðabær, Capital Region, Iceland
Larissa Kyzer / Iceland Review / April 25, 2019

Pollen from birch trees was carried along with dust from the Sahara Desert on strong winds that originated in Eastern Europe.

Read article on Iceland Review



Өлгий, Bayan-Ölgiy, Mongolia
Siberian Times / May 4, 2019

The Mongolian Ministry of Health confirmed two people died from plague after consuming raw meat and internal organs of a marmot.

Read article on Siberian Times



Svalbard
James Holloway / News Atlas / April 29, 2019

Researchers have determined that, when ground ice is thicker, reindeer make for the coast. They don't eat kelp when they don't have to.

Read article on News Atlas



King Cove, Alaska, United States
Ginger Bear and Elizabeth Lindley / LEO Network / April 3, 2019

"It’s a bit because people are feeding them, and they’re getting into the dumpster now too. But I’ve never seen them like this before."

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