Arctic rocks yield answers to billion-year-old mystery
A billion-year-old fossilized algae found in sediment rock deposits in the Canadian Arctic is believed to be the oldest known
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Meteor fragments fall in Vätsäri Wilderness Area in Arctic Finland
According to the Ursa Astronomical Association, the massive fireball spotted in Lapland last week was a meteor that fell into
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Alaska university names economics lab after Nobel laureate Vernon Smith
Nobel laureate economist Vernon Smith spent three years at the University of Alaska Anchorage late in his career, and UAA
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Canadian researchers now tracking wildfire warning signs with satellites
Researchers at the Canadian University of British Columbia have come up with a new way to predict when and where
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Ocean acidification could doom key Arctic fish species: study
Ocean acidification combined with warming of the world oceans and loss of oxygen is having a severe impact on key
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Ottawa on thin ice over staff shortage at High Arctic weather station
The Liberal government has found itself on thin ice again as it faces new questions about its commitment to critical
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European satellite launched into orbit despite Inuit concerns over toxic splash
The European Space Agency successfully launched its Sentinel-5P satellite Friday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, despite concerns by
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Inuit say ‘nyet’ to toxic splash from Russian rockets
Inuit in Canada and Greenland are calling on Ottawa and Copenhagen to demand the postponement of a Russian rocket launch
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Historic discovery about life on Earth unearthed in Labrador
Did life on Earth begin in Labrador, or at least what is now called Labrador, part of Canada’s East Coast
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Canadian scientists fight to save key climate change science lab in High Arctic
A group of Canadian scientists is mobilizing public support to once again save Canada’s northernmost research laboratory from being mothballed
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Melting small glaciers play a big role in Alaska river systems
The small and sometimes patchy glaciers that cling to high mountain slopes in Alaska appear to be big players in
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Researchers ask citizens to monitor Alaska berries
A group of scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks are hoping to give pickers better data on when berries
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Norway and Russia join efforts in mapping ecosystem of Arctic waters
Norwegian and Russian researchers launch the most comprehensive ecosystem mapping of the two countries’ joint Arctic waters. It started up
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Only endangered plant in Alaska to undergo status review
The federal government has announced a review of the status of the tiny Aleutian shield fern, which barely survives between the rocks and
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Hole in the clouds : Rare skypunch forms over Finland
A fallstreak hole – literally a gap in the clouds – was observed over Helsinki on Wednesday morning. Yle meteorologist
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