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Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting

21 August 201921 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Angela Merkel, business, Germany, Katrin Jakobsdottir, Nordic CEO's for a Sustainable Future, Paris Climate Agreement, politics, SDG's, United Nations

A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on

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Arctic butterflies get the spotlight in new children’s book

20 August 201920 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Inhabit Media, insects, literature, nature, Nunavut, publishing

When most people think of Arctic nature, they usually think about ice and snow, seals and polar bears. But a

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Legacy of Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook explored in Canadian exhibition

19 August 201919 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Cape Dorset, drawing, Nunavut, West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative

Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook (1951 – 2014) was well-known for his drawings of solitary figures or architecture placed amongst vast Arctic

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Canadian, Icelandic universities team up for migration conference

16 August 201921 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 2 Comments education, First Nations, indigenous, Language, literature, University of Iceland, University of Manitoba, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages

Canada’s University of Manitoba and the University of Iceland’s Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages at will team up later

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Reservoir impoundment puts Atlantic Inuit culture at the “point of no return,” says Indigenous leader

12 August 201912 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments country food, Dwight Ball, hydroelectric, indigenous, Johannes Lampe, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunatsiavut, NunatuKavut Community Council

The president of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, says the beginning of

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Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

8 August 201919 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, firefighting, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences everywhere from big

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Russia, China to do joint research in Arctic Siberia

7 August 20197 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments China-Russia Arctic Research Center, Northern Sea Route, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), shipping

Chinese and Russian scientists part of the China-Russia Arctic Research Center have announced their first joint project together will be

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Could snow cannons in Antarctica help avert catastrophic sea level rise?

6 August 20199 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Antarctica, artificial snow, climate change, Germany, Infrastructure, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

A team of climate scientists has put forward a daring solution to the instability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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July may surpass hottest month in recorded history says World Meteorological Organization

5 August 20195 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate change, Copernicus Climate Change Programme, Russia, Siberia, weather, wildfires

July at least equalled, and may even have surpassed, being the hottest month in recorded history, says the World Meteorological

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Iceland glacier lost to climate change to get memorial ceremony this month

2 August 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Andri Snær Magnason, Arctic, Borgarbyggð, climate change, emissions, glaciology, Oddur Sigurðsson, oil industry, Okjökull, Rice University

Iceland’s Okjökull glacier, or should we say former glacier, will be getting a memorial service this month when a delegation

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Nearly 3,000 people, 50 aircraft mobilized to fight wildfires in Russia

1 August 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments European Space Agency, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Nearly 3,000 people and 50 aircraft are working to extinguish wildfires across Russia said the country’s aerial forest protection service

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Greenland issues new exploration, prospecting licences to Anglo American

1 August 20191 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Avannaata municipality, copper, Erik Jensen, mining, Ministry of Mineral Resources and Labour, nickel, platinum group metals, politics, Upernavik

Greenland’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Labour has granted British multinational Anglo American a series of licences in western Greenland.

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Pinpointing larvae hotspots can help guide intn’l krill fishing industry in Antarctica: study

31 July 201931 July 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, ARK, CCAMLR, climate change, fishing, The Association of Responsible Krill Harvesting Companies, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

New research published this month is shedding light on where Antarctic krill larvae gather, providing important information for future management

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2019 Arctic wildfire season ‘unprecedented’ say experts

30 July 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate change, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, emissions, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Russia, Siberia, vegetation

June and July are shaping up to be the most intense Arctic wildfire periods on record with blazes raging everywhere

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Canadian exhibition showcases miniature carvings by Inuit artists

29 July 201929 July 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Government of Nunavut Fine Arts Collection, Jocelyn Piirainen, Manitoba, Nunavut, WAG, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Large carvings are amongst the most iconic works produced by Inuit artists, but a new Canadian exhibition is casting a

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