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Metlakatla, Alaska, United States
Alaska Public Media /
July 25, 2022
The European Green Crab are a threat to ecosystems and commercial fisheries. They uproot eelgrass beds in search of food, which serve as habitat for herring and salmon.
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on Alaska Public Media
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Hrútafjörður, Iceland
Larissa Kyzer /
Iceland Review /
July 28, 2022
Two Risso’s dolphins washed ashore in Hrútafjörður in Northwest Iceland last week. Risso dolphins are a warm-water species found a bit to the east of Ireland and Northwest Scotland. But the largest number is found further south, in warmer seas.
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on Iceland Review
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Sochi, Krasnodarskiy, Russia
The Moscow Times /
July 25, 2022
Local power supplies were cut off, apartment buildings were flooded, cars were seen being washed away and a river overflowed, leading to one civilian death and several injuries.
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on The Moscow Times
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Bethel, Alaska, United States
Yereth Rosen /
Alaska Public Media /
July 22, 2022
The booming Bristol Bay salmon run has broken the record set just last year, while on the Yukon River, Chinook are too scarce to harvest.
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on Alaska Public Media
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Baltic Sea
Sveriges Radio /
July 26, 2022
Fishermen fishing close to the shore in the Baltic Sea have seen a steady decline in herring and Baltic herring catches over many years. Large-scale trawling further out at sea could be one of the reasons behind it.
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on Sveriges Radio
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Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Joseph Gibbons /
Saltwire /
July 17, 2022
Amid intense smoke, flames and temperatures up into the high 20s C, Conception Bay South Fire Department (CBSFD) firefighters and provincial forestry crews along with a waterbomber fought a major forest fire in the town on Sunday afternoon.
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on Saltwire
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Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Maisie Thomas /
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner /
August 3, 2022
08-03-22 In response to declining numbers of Fortymile and Nelchina caribou, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is taking a more conservative approach to both harvests this fall.
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on Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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