Scientists ID two bat species never before seen in Alaska
Scientists are in a race to learn as much as they can about bats in Alaska. And that race has
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Ice-Blog: Arctic investment – still a hot prospect?
As I mentioned in the last post, I talked to various people about the current state of interest in the Arctic,
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Ice-Blog: From Alaska to Ottawa
Ottawa has been the setting for “Arctic Change”, another major Arctic conference this week. It is organised by the research
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Blog: Greenland, Alaska elections bolster Arctic resource extraction
Voters in Greenland and Alaska went to the polls last November, electing politicians from parties in favor of natural resource
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Clues emerging about Arctic gene, diet and health
For thousands of years, the indigenous people of the far north survived the extreme cold of their environment with a
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Ice-Blog: Arctic icon in decline
As I plan my coverage of this year’s annual UN climate conference, this time in Peru, a news item from WWF pops
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Beaufort Sea polar bear population took big hit in early 2000s, study says
The polar bear population in the southern Beaufort Sea — considered one of the populations most vulnerable to reductions in Arctic
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Ice-Blog: Berlin Wall – Hope for Arctic?
The statement by veteran Arctic researcher Peter Wadhams that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer as early as 2020
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Blog: Arctic Circle – A tale of two Arctics
Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson opened this year’s Arctic Circle conference today by declaring, “If the Global Arctic was not
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Expert predicts ice-free Arctic by 2020 as UN releases climate report
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Get ready to order those beach umbrellas in Barrow. One of the leading authorities on the physics of
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Feature Interview: Arctic focus at Transatlantic Science Week in Toronto
Transatlantic Science Week was held this week in Toronto , Canada from October 27-29. The annual event is organized to
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Ice-Blog: Can UN and EU take the heat off Alaska?
It is with a heavy heart that I write this first blog post since my holiday, catching up with the
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/17/14
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic
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World oil price decline creates multibillion-dollar budget risk for Alaska
Oil prices have been relatively stable in the past few years, a Department of Revenue analyst said Wednesday, addressing the
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Why Barents oil is becoming unprofitable
MINOT / NORTH DAKOTA: This U.S. shale formation produces over a million barrels of oil per day at a break-even
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