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Environmental groups call for action on black carbon pollution

8 May 20199 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic Council, black carbon, Clean Arctic Alliance, heavy fuel oil, HFO

Environmental groups blasted the U.S. Wednesday for torpedoing the traditional joint declaration at the conclusion of the biennial Arctic Council

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Scientists puzzled by right whale’s appearance off Iceland

27 July 201827 July 2018 Gail Harding, CBC News 0 Comments animals, conservation, mammals, nature, North Atlantic, oceans, right whales, whales, wildlife

While it has happened before, seeing an Atlantic right whale swimming in waters off of Iceland is still rare. But

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[SPECIAL REPORT] Arctic tourism in the age of Instagram

23 May 201825 May 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, business, economy, Golden Circle, Iceland, Instagram, Justin Bieber, Reykjavik, rural, social media, tourism

When most people think of Arctic economic development, things like resource extraction are usually first to mind. But northern regions

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Arctic Council forum launches web portal explaining Polar Code

22 May 201822 May 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Antarctica, Arctic, International Maritime Organization, shipping

A new web portal has launched this month to help raise awareness, and provide timely information, about the International Maritime Organization’s

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Environmental groups call on Arctic cruise industry to reduce pollution in Iceland

7 September 20177 September 2017 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments air pollution, climate change, research, Reykjavik, Science, shipping, tourism

Recent air samples taken in Iceland suggest cruise ships arriving and departing from Reykjavik are negatively affecting air quality, according

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)

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Meeting in Iceland discusses banning unregulated Arctic fishery

16 March 201717 March 2017 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 2 Comments Arctic fishery, central Arctic Ocean, fishing

Representatives of Arctic nations and major fishing powers are meeting in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik to hammer out a

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Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge can help us prevent climate changes says Ban Ki-moon

11 October 2016 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments development, energy, human rights, Iceland, resources, United Nations

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges governments to ensure that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and contributions remain central when ways to

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Q&A: What’s at stake for the Arctic at COP21?

4 December 201519 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, indigenous, Inuit, Saami, Sami

All eyes are on the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris. As part of our Eye on the

Preparing for Paris: Staff at UNFCCC headquarters in Bonn are working overtime. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)

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Ice-Blog: Will Paris conference help the Arctic?

21 May 201522 May 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Angela Merkel, climate, CO2, Germany, NSIDC)

Things are hotting up on the international climate talks front, with one event after another telling us how important it

Countries are jockeying for position in the Arctic as climate change opens the region up to increased resource extraction. (The Canadian Press)

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Expert predicts ice-free Arctic by 2020 as UN releases climate report

3 November 201419 April 2017 Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic Circle, Barrow, North Slope, oceans, physics, sea ice, weather

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Get ready to order those beach umbrellas in Barrow. One of the leading authorities on the physics of

Composite image of night lights above 60°N (with the Arctic Circle also included for reference), as imaged in April and October 2012 with SUOMI NPP’s Day/Night Band. (Data downloaded from NASA Earth Observatory / Cryopolitics)

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Blog: NASA satellite imagery reveals the Arctic at night

9 October 201416 April 2015 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Arctic, gas, Norway, oil, Russia, Science

In winter, the Arctic is considered to be a dark and dreary place save for when the northern lights shimmer

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Arctic satellite image of the week | Bárðarbunga: of lava lakes and reservoirs

10 September 201416 April 2015 Mia Bennett 0 Comments aluminum, Bardarbunga, energy, environment, Halslon Reservoir, Iceland, Landsat, satellite

Iceland’s temperamental geography has gone haywire again with Bárðarbunga, the latest volcano to erupt under the Vatnajökull ice cap. It’s

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Iceland OKs offshore drilling licences

12 December 201228 August 2014 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments

Iceland has OKd offshore drilling licences in its Dreki region, reports IceNews. Faroe Petroleum has been granted the licences to

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Icelandic Energy: Is change on the way?

3 August 20119 November 2015 Mia Bennett 0 Comments

I spent two blustery weeks this summer in Iceland. Four of those days were spent in Reykjavik, the world’s