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Environment (Denmark/Greenland)

In this July 18, 2011 photo, an Inuit fisherman pulls in a fish on a sea filled with floating ice left over from broken-up icebergs shed from the Greenland ice sheet in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

Greenland accedes to UN treaty against mercury pollution

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 16:00
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Greenland has acceded to the UN treaty against mercury pollution, the government said on Wednesday. “The supply of mercury to

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

Greenland losing ice faster this century than any previous one in last 12,000 years, says study

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 13:19
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Researchers say findings reaffirm need for humans to curb greenhouse gas emissions Humans have to slow down greenhouse gas emissions

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

WMO verifies -69.6 C northern hemisphere cold record in Greenland

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 08:21
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized the coldest recorded temperature in the northern hemisphere as being -69.6 C that

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off as Arctic shifts to new climate regime

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 14:36
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A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap, estimated to be some 110 square kilometres, has broken off in the far

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

Rise in sea level from ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica match worst-case scenario: study

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 17:05
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About a year ago, water and climate expert Bob Sandford flew over Greenland at a moment he says was historic, both

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

MOSAiC international Arctic science expedition expedition reaches North Pole

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2020 at 09:40
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An international science expedition reached the North Pole on Wednesday after project leaders noticed shrinking sea-ice conditions and “surprisingly loose”

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

‘Canary in the coal mine’: Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2020 at 11:43
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Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

BLOG – Zackenberg revisited – Greenland climate research station under threat from permafrost thaw

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 12:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 12:52
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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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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

Greenland and Denmark finalize cooperation agreement on marine pollution response

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 14:47
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Greenland and Denmark have made an agreement on environmental preparedness to better respond to environmental incidents in northern waters. The

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

New guideline launched for Arctic-specific risk assessment in shipping

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2020 at 15:41
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A new Arctic-specific risk assessment tool for shipping has been released, something that the international experts behind it hope will

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

COVID-19 delay, early ice melt challenge international Arctic science mission

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2020 at 09:46
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They prepared for icy cold and trained to be on the watch for polar bears, but a pandemic just wasn’t

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Denmark/Greenland Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI Society 

International Inuit organization announces youth leadership award winners in honour of Hans-Pavia Rosing

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 16:12
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council Council (ICC) announced the recipients of its inaugural youth leadership awards on Monday, recognizing what the

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Questions raised as two species of Arctic seal are spotted in southern Ireland

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2020 at 15:55 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 08:26
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Two species of seal, whose ranges are typically restricted to the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic, unexpectedly showed up on

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Oldest Arctic sea ice vanishes twice as fast as rest of region, study shows

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 17:02 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 17:07
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As the Earth warms up, the Arctic Ocean’s year-round ice cover is reducing at an alarming rate. Over the past

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Blog Canada Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Blog – Documentary will show climate change through eyes of pioneering scientist

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 09:22 — Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2019 at 13:34
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British filmmaker Cal Murphy Barton is producing a documentary about a scientist who has witnessed five decades of Arctic sea

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