Finnish generator innovation a first in marine industry
WE Tech Solutions in Vaasa has developed a new form of axle generator-based energy production that can save several tonnes
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Climate change does ‘weird things’ to Canada’s Arctic glaciers: expert
Scientists studying how climate change affects Arctic glaciers are increasingly seeing some “weird things happening,” says a Canadian researcher. University
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Sustainable Arctic fishery monitoring gets powerful digital tool with Global Fishing Watch
Proponents of developing sustainable fishery in the Arctic got a powerful new tool today with the launch of the Global Fishing
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Polar bear adaptation to ice loss not really working
Polar bears do not seem to be able to find adequate alternative food sources to replenish their diet as they
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Sir John Franklin’s long-lost HMS Terror found: The Guardian
HMS Terror, one of Sir John Franklin’s two ships lost in the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition, has been found in “in
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Scientists search Arctic waters for microplastics
Microplastics are tiny bits of plastic that are increasingly floating in oceans and lakes around the world, and scientists are
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U.S. spy agency to release high-resolution 3-D maps of the entire Arctic
Following the public release of super-detailed 3-D topographic maps of Alaska last week, the United States government plans to gradually
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What happened in the forest outside Arkhangelsk?
A powerful explosion toppled trees and flashed away the soil in a huge circle, but there is still no official
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High hopes for Arctic space accelerator in Finland
The European Space Agency has nominated Finland as a possible location for a proposed Arctic space accelerator – a community
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Alaska maps released this week are most precise ever
From the Aleutian Islands to the North Slope, Alaska’s massive and varied terrain has now been mapped in an unprecedented
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Scientists calculate methane loads bubbling up from Arctic lakebeds
For the past 15 years, Katey Walter Anthony has been chasing the bubbles of methane that rise up from Arctic
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Arsenic contamination persists in Yellowknife lake a decade after gold mine shut: study
A tiny subarctic lake near Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories still contains high levels of arsenic years after gold
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Ice-Blog: Olympics over, but Arctic ice still chasing records
The Rio games have come to an end. Summer is drawing to a close here in Germany. It feels more
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Defrosting Arctic releasing powerful greenhouse gas
Vast quantities of methane are locked in the frozen ground and sea beds of the Arctic, and the warmer it
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Canadian icebreaker sets sail to shore up elusive North Pole claim
A Canadian icebreaker is setting sail Friday to collect scientific information to support Canada’s submission on the extended continental shelf
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