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Klemetti Näkkäläjärvi appointed as the Chair of the Sámi Climate Council

Klemetti Näkkäläjärvi appointed as the Chair of the Sámi Climate Council

Originally published by the University of Oulu The Finnish Government has appointed the Sámi Climate Council for a four-year term. The council is a new...
Opinion: Network Outage Provides Teachable Moment for Alaska and the US

Opinion: Network Outage Provides Teachable Moment for Alaska and the US

An ongoing emergency in the American Arctic this summer has gone largely unnoticed — except by those citizens and businesses in northern Alaska who...
Pauktuutit president recalls ‘eerie’ feeling fleeing Yellowknife

Pauktuutit president recalls ‘eerie’ feeling fleeing Yellowknife

Gerri Sharpe says it felt “eerie” driving through heavy black smoke from wildfires near Enterprise, N.W.T., as she and family evacuated Yellowknife and headed...
Deepening Arctic snowpack driving ancient greenhouse gas emissions

Deepening Arctic snowpack driving ancient greenhouse gas emissions

Article from the University of Oulu. Human-caused climate change is altering snow cover in the Arctic; some regions with more, some with less. Using the...
Opinion: There’s a Strong Case for an Asian Arctic Dialogue

Opinion: There’s a Strong Case for an Asian Arctic Dialogue

On a dimly lit stage, set against an azure backdrop tinged with touches of white as though to mimic the very essence of a...
Governal General celebrates International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Governal General celebrates International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is applauding young Indigenous people around the world who are making change. She made the statement on Wednesday, in recognition of...
With Alaska’s maritime heritage at risk of being lost, program seeks to preserve it

With Alaska’s maritime heritage at risk of being lost, program seeks...

With more coastline than all of the other states combined, Alaska has quite the maritime history. And for historians and museum leaders, it’s a...
Alarmingly high PFAS levels in the populations of Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Denmark and the UK

Alarmingly high PFAS levels in the populations of Greenland, the Faroe...

The hunting community in Ittoqqotoormiit (Scoresby Sound), Northeast Greenland, has some of the world's highest concentrations of PFAS in their blood, even though they...
Alaska digest: A new wind project takes shape outside Anchorage, as AIDEA mulls options for struggling state-owned oil field

Alaska digest: A new wind project takes shape outside Anchorage, as...

This week’s digest of short news items from across Alaska includes items on the major new renewable energy project outside Anchorage, the death of...
Group studying Nunavik’s melting permafrost gets cash boost

Group studying Nunavik’s melting permafrost gets cash boost

Thawing permafrost is taking a toll on Nunavik’s buildings and infrastructure and the way people use the land to hunt, fish and travel. Laval University...
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