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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First half of 2016 breaks heat records, Arctic sea ice reaches lowest levels: NASA
The first six months of 2016 were the planet’s warmest since meteorologists started keeping records in the late 19th century,
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Canadian team to study, collect Arctic plants
Botanists from the Canadian Museum of Nature are travelling to Hudson Bay, near the community of Arviat, Nunavut on an
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Arctic science cooperation agreement ‘good for Canada’: POLAR
An agreement on enhancing scientific cooperation among circumpolar countries and others interested in polar research signed in Ottawa last week
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Arctic nations agree to more scientific cooperation
The future of scientific research in the Arctic got a big boost last week after representatives of all eight Arctic
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New record for sea ice loss in the Arctic
The latest data shows that Arctic sea ice has retreated again for the month of June, to reach the lowest
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Ice-Blog: Why Brexit bodes ill for the Arctic
Today’s Ice Blog post was going to be about permafrost, with the the International Conference on Permafrost drawing to a
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Greening of Arctic, browning of boreal forest
Scientists and residents of Canada’s far north have been noting changes in the Arctic for many years: more plants, more shrubs
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Inuit hunters worry about toxic splash from Russian rocket
Despite assurances by Russian and Canadian authorities that a Russian rocket engine slated to fall in northern Baffin Bay this
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Swedish icebreaker to help Canada map Arctic shelf
Sweden’s largest icebreaker will be plowing through the frozen waters of the eastern Arctic Ocean later this summer in part
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Why Canada can’t have the North Pole
Ottawa’s efforts to map the Central Arctic Ocean in an attempt to present a scientific case for Canada’s claim to
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