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Environment (Denmark/Greenland)

Ice cover is up 50% from last year, but is still the 6th lowest level on record. (Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland ice melt less severe than feared, study

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 16:24
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A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level

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A prototype of GROVER, minus its solar panels, was tested in January 2012 at a ski resort in Idaho. The laptop in the picture is for testing purposes only and is not mounted on the final prototype. (Gabriel Trisca, Boise State University, NASA)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

NASA rover roaming Greenland’s ice sheet

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 11:58
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A NASA rover known as GROVER is roaming Greenland to collect data that may help scientists better understand changes to

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Finnish MPs at loggerheads over EU plan to raise carbon prices

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 19:22
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The European Commission is calling for changes in the carbon emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) that would bump up the

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

What the EU seal ban has meant for Inuit communities in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 21:26
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Earlier this month, several organizations, including Canada’s national Inuit organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, went to the European Court of Justice

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland glacier melting 5 times faster than in 1990s

CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 30, 2012 at 14:04
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Groundbreaking study ‘clearest evidence yet of polar ice sheet losses’ and rising sea levels Scientists have definitive new evidence that

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland sharks caught by fishing gear a concern, says researcher

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 14:08
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Lack of data on Greenland sharks makes impact on population hard to predict There are concerns that bycatch of Greenland

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Scientist plans to tag Greenland sharks

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 18:38
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Deep water Arctic species rarely studied, says researcher A team of scientists is travelling up Baffin Bay, located between Arctic

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Study: Chatty Arctic Bowhead whales sing like the birds

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 18:56
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In a recent study conducted in the Arctic Ocean off of Greenland, University of Washington oceanographer Kate Stafford noted an

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland glaciers debunk worst-case sea level scenarios

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 20:20
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Like so much of climate science, the latest insight from the frozen world of Greenland offers one of those good

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Researchers must be honest with Arctic peoples about food contaminants: doctor

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 27, 2012 at 21:22
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Contaminants in sea mammals exceeding safe levels Health professionals must be honest with Arctic peoples about the level of contaminants

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenpeace Calls off Arctic Drilling Protest

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 14:19
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Greenpeace is taking its ships out of Arctic waters near Greenland’s western coast, but the activist group says it will

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenpeace Activists Board Greenland Oil Rig

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 30, 2011 at 18:57
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The Greenland government is condemning Greenpeace after two of its activists boarded the company’s oil rig off the west coast

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

No Canada-Greenland Flights Coming Soon: Airline

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 27, 2011 at 13:35
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Direct flights between Greenland and Canada will not likely be offered anytime soon, according to Air Greenland. The Greenland-based airline

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenpeace Ships Approach Greenland Oil Rig

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 13:46
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Greenpeace says two of its ships are in a “tense standoff” with a Danish naval ship that is guarding an

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Nunavut, Canada eyes Greenland Oil Search

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 12:42
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Nunavut is closely watching an Arctic oil and gas search unfolding off the coast of neighbouring Greenland, where at least

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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