As COP30 nears, new report warns of ‘irreversible’ polar ice loss
As world leaders prepare to meet in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 environmental conference on Monday, a new report warns
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Author: Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Polar oceans growing more chaotic as planet warms, with impacts for undersea life: study
Most people have heard how melting sea ice and warming oceans are impacting polar environments, but a new study has
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From MMIWG in U.S. & Canada, to Greenland’s IUD scandal, Inuit women’s summit says ‘no more’
From Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, to this year’s Danish and Greenlandic government apologies
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Report calls for community-based approach to elder care in Nunavut
Keeping Nunavut Elders close to home is at the centre of a new report released this week by Pairijiit Tigummiaqtikkut,
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Nunavik eyes post-secondary education rooted in Inuit culture and offering Western credentials
Education rooted in Inuit culture — but offering recognized Western credentials and based in the North — are among the
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How the Arctic has been ‘pushed & triggered’ into climate extremes: paper
As the Arctic warms at an unprecedented rate, a new scientific review outlines how events once considered rare — from
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Net-Zero Framework for int’l shipping shelved for a year after U.S. led-pushback
After a week of high-stakes debate and U.S.-led opposition, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted on Friday for a one-year
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IMO set for landmark vote on shipping emissions as Washington threatens reprisals
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is meeting in London this week for what could be a turning point in global
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Grounded cargo ship successfully refloated in Canadian Arctic: company
A Dutch-flagged ship has successfully been refloated after being stranded in Canada’s Arctic archipelago for over five weeks. “Wagenborg is
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Safeguards in place, but still stranded: New details on efforts to free Thamesborg before freeze-up
On paper, the European shipping company that sent the Thamesborg cargo vessel through the Northwest Passage did everything right: the
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Melting Arctic could create shipping superhighway… and a surge in emissions: study
As the Arctic warms and sea ice retreats, once-impassable waters at the top of the globe will increasingly open to
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Canada green-lights company’s plan to salvage stranded Arctic ship
Canadian authorities have given the go-ahead to Royal Wagenborg’s salvage plan to free their cargo ship stranded in the Arctic
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Finland pushes EU drone wall as northern countries’ security investments expand
As Arctic states continue to expand surveillance across the polar region, Europe’s northern flank is preparing its own response, with
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Salvage vessels arrive to free ship trapped in Arctic Canada…as long as weather cooperates
After more than two weeks under watch from the Canadian Coast Guard, a Dutch-flagged cargo ship stranded in the Northwest
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Denmark flexes in Arctic with Greenland drills, signaling ongoing security push
In Copenhagen’s latest bid to underscore its presence in the Arctic, Denmark is hosting a major military exercise in Greenland
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