U.S. Coast Guard inches towards new icebreaker
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard inched closer last week to acquiring a new heavy-duty icebreaker for the Arctic. Admiral Paul
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Ice-Blog: Cloudy skies speed up Greenland melt
With Greenland known to be one of the main contributors to global sea level rise, mainly through increased meltwater runoff,
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Environmentalists want say in Arctic lease-extension
Environmental groups have filed motions Wednesday to intervene in support of the Interior Department’s decision to reject Royal Dutch Shell’s request to
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Finland: Chainsaw-wielding fisherman rescues seal
Fisherman Tarmo Tolvanen from Rantasalmi in eastern Finland surged to fame in Finland after he cut a hole in the
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Arctic, Alaska absent from Obama’s State of the Union
In his final State of the Union address President Obama never mentioned Alaska or the Arctic, but for a state that’s
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Finland: Concern over anti-immigrant citizen patrols
Finland’s chief prosecutor Matti Nissinen has sharply condemned the appearance of citizen’s patrols in Finnish cities. Nissinen weighed into the
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Finland to revamp recycling system
One plastics recycling guarantor estimates that the average Finn accumulates 15 kilograms of plastic trash every year. Until now plastics
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Sweden wants lower emissions for new icebreakers
Sweden’s five state-owned icebreakers are nearing retirement, and so the Swedish Maritime Administration has started work to develop designs for
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Ice-Blog: Greenland ice a chute to rising seas?
As I checked through the news agencies to keep tabs on what’s been happening with Greenland as 2016 kicks off,
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Study looks at climate, Greenland ice sheet
The huge Greenland ice sheet is changing and in a newly discovered way. Traditionally, snow falling on the ice sheet
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Helsinki consumers cool on solar energy
When the Helsinki energy company Helen launched a new solar power plant in June last year, consumers snapped up nearly
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Seabirds still crowding Alaska rescue center
Hundreds of grounded common murres continue to challenge rescuers and baffle scientists as Alaskans grapple with the mystery of the starving,
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Recycling fee competitive burden: Finnish retailers
Finnish retailers say they’re concerned about a recycling fee charged only to domestic merchants. The fee – which costs businesses
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Starving seabirds grounded in Southcentral Alaska
Normally found skimming the North Pacific, seabirds known as common murres are appearing inland in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and elsewhere
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Critical winter for Finland’s Saimaa seal
Nesting for the endangered Saimaa ringed seal is under threat from rising waters and a lack of ice and snow.
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