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Earth’s ice melt has sped up dramatically in past 30 years

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 25, 2021 at 13:25 — Last Updated: Monday, January 25, 2021 at 13:30
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change

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Canada General RCI Science Science (Canada) 

‘Kind of incredible’: Researchers uncover details about ice age wolf pup found in Yukon

Cheryl Kawaja, CBC North
Posted: Monday, December 21, 2020 at 10:48
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Scientists who have been studying a rare, perfectly-preserved ancient wolf pup found in Yukon are sharing some of their findings for the first

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Science Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden to launch satellites from space center inside the Arctic Circle

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 11:01
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The Swedish government provides additional funding to Esrange Space Center near Kiruna with the aim to launch small satellites into

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Canadian First Nation and Carleton University agree to work on research projects together

Steve Silva, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 10:12
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Representatives of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun and Ottawa’s Carleton University signed a memorandum of understanding to work together

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Canada Science Science (Canada) 

COVID-19 pandemic stalls further exploration of Franklin wrecks in Arctic Canada

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2020 at 12:29
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For only the second time in 12 years, Marc-Andre Bernier and his underwater archeology team at Parks Canada will not

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Greenhouse in Arctic Canada could teach scientists how to grow food in outer space

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 13:17
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The Canadian Space Agency says growing food in the North is similar to growing food in space —  that’s why it’s joined

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Environment (Sweden) RCI Science Sweden 

A group of international researchers has mapped more of the Arctic Ocean floor than ever before

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 at 13:28
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The Arctic Ocean floor just got a little less mysterious. A team of international researchers has compiled the most detailed

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Moose on the Mediterranean? Research sheds new light on where moose once roamed

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 12:46
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If you’re trying to survive an ice age — why not decamp to Italy? That’s what moose seem to have done thousands

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

What ancient earthquakes along the Denali fault in Yukon can tell us about what could come in Canada

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2020 at 12:10 — Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2020 at 12:11
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New findings of earthquake recurrence on the Denali Fault line in southwest Yukon are helping researchers get closer to pinpointing when

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Science Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Good results from blood plasma corona treatment in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 11:52 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 13:37
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Swedish researchers report good progress with a corona treatment that uses blood plasma from people who have survived the illness

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Environment (Russia) Russia Science 

Major delay and cost overrun for Russian Arctic research station

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 1, 2020 at 11:09
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Russia’s icebreaking research station was to be ready to drift across Arctic waters already in 2020. Construction of the 84

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RCI Science Science (USA) USA 

The ‘caribou of the Cretaceous’: study says Edmontosaurus once called the Arctic home

John Van Dusen, CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2020 at 11:55
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One of the most prolific dinosaurs known lived some 70 million years ago between Alberta and Colorado. It also called Alaska’s

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Arctic researchers prepare for a summer where they can’t travel to Canada’s North

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2020 at 10:56 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2020 at 11:03
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For the first time in about 15 years, Dustin Whalen will not be coming up to the Beaufort Delta region

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Business Finland RCI Science Society (Canada) Society (Finland) 

COVID-19 roundup: schools to reopen in Finland; two weeks of self-isolation in Yakutia, Russia

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 13:11 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 18:07
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Finland has given the green light to reopening schools, saying in-person teaching can resume as early as May 14. With

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Canada General RCI Science Science (Canada) 

COVID-19: Arctic science expedition postpones flight campaign after trainee tests positive for virus

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 15:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 15:48
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An international Arctic science expedition was forced to postpone a key element of its operations after a participant training for

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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