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Ice-Blog: Greenland melt natural or man-made?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 15:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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And does it ultimately make any difference? Scientists from the University of Washington (UW) have published a paper in Nature

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Ice-Blog: Greenland’s icecap losing stability

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 11:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Catching up on the last few weeks of icy news after a spring holiday, my eye was caught by an

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A new study suggests that Greenland’s northeast ice stream, located 600km to the interior of its ice sheet is thinning because of warming temperatures.(iStock)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland’s northeastern ice sheet starting to melt

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 15:58
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Greenland’s previously stable northeastern ice sheet is starting to melt, according to a new study published in the journal Nature

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A boat makes its way through the icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland. (John McConnico/AP)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland meeting to discuss Arctic fishing

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014 at 15:37
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International delegations from five Arctic coastal nations are meeting in Greenland this week to discuss Arctic fishing. Huge sections of

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Ice-Blog: Greenland glacier at record speed

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 10:44
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I have been working on a story about whether the Arctic infrastructure would be able to cope with a shipping

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Arctic sea-ice thickness in October 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 based on data from ESA’s CryoSat mission (UCL/ESA)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Arctic sea ice volume up 50%

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2013 at 14:47
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The volume of sea ice in the Arctic is 50 per cent higher than it was last fall, satellite measurements

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Arctic gets breather from pell-mell warming in 2013, but long-term problems persist

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 15:49
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The rapid melting in the Arctic eased up this year. But the government says global warming is still dramatically altering the

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This Greenland shark was found beached in Norris Arm North, N.L. on Nov. 16. (Courtesy Derrick Chaulk / CBC.ca)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Moose-eating Greenland shark rescued in Atlantic Canada

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 16:09
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Two quick-thinking men on Newfoundland’s northeast coast managed to save a Greenland shark from choking to death on a large

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Analysis: Implications of Greenland’s decision to allow uranium mining

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 10:57
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In a 15-14 vote, Greenland’s parliament voted to overturn the long-standing ban on uranium mining. The Danish Ministry of Foreign

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The mortality rate for caribou calves is much higher if most of the plants have already emerged and there are few tender young shoots left for them to eat by the time the caribou arrive at their breeding grounds. (Eric Post, Penn State University)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Climate change can be deadly to caribou calves says study

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 09:08
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The melting of arctic sea ice is indirectly leading to higher mortality among caribou calves, new research suggests. Penn State

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

VIDEO – Changing Sea Ice: The Ripple Effect

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, September 9, 2013 at 09:02
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Anthropologist Lene Kielsen Holm, an Inuk (Inuit) from Greenland, talks about the importance of sea ice in Inuit culture and

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenpeace Arctic oil campaign targets Danish Shell refinery

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 11:14
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Eight Swedish environmentalist were arrested at a refinery in Denmark yesterday as they tried to unfurl banners protesting against Arctic

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Text: Steve Bruneau; Design: Peter Gosse/CBC
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Infographic | The inside story of an iceberg

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 29, 2013 at 11:15
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There are only a few places on the planet where you can easily see an iceberg floating by, and Newfoundland

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An iceberg cluster surrounds the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Ann Harvey on Saturday, June 8, 2013 about 60 nautical miles east of Makkovik, Labrador. The coast guard says the largest iceberg cluster it has seen in recent years is drifting south off Labrador near the Strait of Belle Isle. (Canadian Coast Guard / The Canadian Press)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland iceberg clusters off Atlantic Canada largest in years

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, June 21, 2013 at 13:33
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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The largest iceberg cluster seen in recent years is drifting south off Labrador near the Strait

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Salmon leaping on the Big East River, northwestern Newfoundland. (Tom Moffatt / Atlantic Salmon Federation)
Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland fishery plans cause alarm in Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 16:03
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Every winter, salmon from all over the north Atlantic, including Canada, converge on Greenland to feed in the territory’s waters.

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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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