New national park planned in Canada’s High Arctic
A new national park in Canada’s High Arctic became one step closer to being set up after a bill was
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Environment
Acidification takes toll on Beaufort Sea
With their low temperatures that hold onto the carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere, their shallow depths, their rich supply
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Finland plans to heat homes with horse manure
A little-noted passage in the new coalition government programme calls for the use of horse manure as an energy source
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Snowploughs out in North Sweden week before Midsummer
The sun is shining in southern Sweden and it is Midsummer next week, but in Klimpfjäll in Jämtland, you still
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Finland could be carbon neutral by 2050: researchers
Researchers say that in 35 years, Finland could theoretically get all of its energy needs using only renewable energy sources.
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German shipping company ordered to pay $750K for dumping oily water off Alaska
A German shipping company that admitted last month to dumping oily water into the Bering Sea off the coast of
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It was a record-warm May for much of Alaska, but Interior gets chilly again
Some Alaskans may have been experiencing “weather whiplash” as June arrived Monday. Despite record-breaking high temperatures across much of the state in May, parts
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Petition to restrict brown bears in North Sweden
Numerous sightings of brown bear close to populated areas in Härjedalen in northern Sweden have led residents to start a petition,
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Alaska’s Kuskokwim villages will be able to fish for king salmon under special permit
BETHEL — The first king salmon are moving into the Kuskokwim River, and so far the only effort to catch
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Arctic drilling doesn’t just effect the Arctic say Greenpeace campaign participants
Representatives from six of Canada’s First Nations are currently taking part in a Greenpeace campaign with a message that Arctic
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Storm in West Finland felled trees, cut power, shut down ferry service
Rescue workers in northern Ostrobothnia had a busy weekend due to damage caused by storm winds. All of Oulu-Koillismaa rescue
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Unusual weather pattern brings record highs to Arctic Alaska
Temperatures have soared this week in Barrow, thanks to a high-pressure system parked over the Yukon Territory and British Columbia
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‘Epic’ flooding on Alaska Highway hinders Arctic oil operations
DEADHORSE — Unprecedented flooding continues to interfere with daily operations on the North Slope oil patch after surging waters wiped away
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Ice-Blog: Will Paris conference help the Arctic?
Things are hotting up on the international climate talks front, with one event after another telling us how important it
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IMO completes Polar Code, regulating Arctic and Antarctic shipping
Starting in 2017, it will be illegal for shippers to dump oil, oily waste or noxious materials into Arctic or
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