Category: environment
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Arctic dogsledding culture is slipping through the cracks
Warming temperatures and shrinking sea ice threaten a way of life.
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Europe’s triumphs and troubles are written in Swiss ice
NEW YORK TIMES — Pollen frozen in ice in the Alps traces Europe’s calamities, since the time Macbeth ruled Scotland.
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High stakes in the High North
BIOGRAPHIC — A remote island that harbored the word’s last mammoths is becoming a holdout for Arctic wildlife once again.
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Global warming is threatening Alaska’s prized wedding flower
THE ATLANTIC — Business is booming for the state’s peony growers. Will climate change ruin things?
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Saving the Arctic’s natural heritage
Scientists are trying to protect seven marine areas before climate change worsens.