Blog – 2021: Future doesn’t just happen – It’s what we make it
As I started work on this post, on December 23rd the thermometer here in north-western Germany showed 14° Celsius. I’ve
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Author: Irene Quaile
Blog – Some gloom when it comes to Arctic climate, but also a promise of progress
On November 23, Germany’s public service broadcaster ARD dedicated its prime viewing time after the evening news to the Arctic,
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Ice Blog – When the Arctic ice won’t freeze
Imagine you head for the North Pole to test your brand-new giant, state-of-the-art icebreaker – and you can’t find any
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ICE BLOG – Not “if” but “when”: Polar bears at risk of disappearing in 80 years
Rapid emissions cuts could still ensure their long-term survival. Otherwise, some Arctic regions seem set to lose polar bears by
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BLOG – Zackenberg revisited – Greenland climate research station under threat from permafrost thaw
In the remote, high Arctic region of north-eastern Greenland, at 74° North, a scattered group of blue and white buildings
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Blog – Summer 2020: When the unprecedented becomes the precedent
It’s raining. I’m delighted. A strange response from a Scot who has fled the damp British climate. I write this
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Ice-Blog – Former UN climate chief speaks out against Arctic drilling
One good thing about people no longer being in office is they are freer to come out with their own
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Ice-Blog – While Arctic melts, sweltering Germany hosts UN climate talks
It’s been a scorcher of a week here in Bonn, Germany. Delegates to the UNFCCC climate talks (one of the interim meetings
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Ice-Blog: Greenland on the horizon
When I first visited Greenland back in 2009, it was not a place that made the news very often. This
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Ice-Blog: Greenland earthquake and tsunami – hazards of melting ice?
Following the news over the weekend with a trip to Greenland this summer at the back of my mind, my
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Ice-Blog: Why Africa has to worry about melting Greenland ice
Working for an international broadcaster which has Africa as one of its key target groups, I often find it difficult
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Ice-Blog: Trump’s alternative reality? No warming, cool oceans, intact coral
“Irene, have you heard the news? Looks like Trump has pulled out of the Paris Agreement.” While the US President
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Ice-Blog: Deciding Arctic future in Fairbanks and Bonn
It is hard to tell where the most influential conversations on the future of the Arctic are being held right
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Ice-Blog: Cheap oil from the Arctic? Fake news, says climate economist Kemfert
This week I came across an interesting publication about to come on to the German market. “The fossil empire strikes
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Ice-Blog: Finland courts US rivals Russia and China in bid for key role in Arctic power game
Finland does not often make its way onto the international news agenda, but as the country prepares to take over
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