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Researchers dive for kelp in the Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 09:33
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Divers are wrapping up an expedition in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, after weeks of studying seaweed biodiversity. It’s an area that’s

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Environment (USA) Science Science (USA) USA 

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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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Troubled Canadian polar cruise company says it’s $29.5M in debt

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2020 at 18:04
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A troubled cruise company known for its polar tours has announced it is nearly $29.5 million in debt. On April

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Environment General 

Biosecurity an increasing concern in Arctic, Antarctic regions, experts warn

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 15:24
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As the climate warms, biosecurity issues will become an increasing concern for the polar regions says Kevin Hughes, a researcher

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Greenland ice cores reveal historic climate clues, says study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 12:41 — Last Updated: Friday, February 22, 2019 at 10:33
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Scientists have linked past sea ice reductions to some of history’s most extreme climate change events in the North Atlantic,

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General News Science Science (USA) USA 

Arctic and Antarctic waters breed more new species than tropics: study

Allison Chandler, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 9, 2018 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2020 at 14:25
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Think life is easier in the tropics? A new study published in the journal Nature suggests Arctic and Antarctic waters,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Polar sea ice: growth in south, loss in north

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 16:02
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Two poles, two extremes Polar sea ice extent in the Arctic has reached its summer minimum for the year according

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Blog Environment General 

Ice-Blog: New Zealand glaciers on the retreat

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, August 1, 2016 at 16:04
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During my first trip to Australia around 25 years ago, I was standing outside a phone box (there are still

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Rising seas culprit – ice or heat?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 19:13 — Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 19:15
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My attention was caught this week by a study that ascertained that thermal expansion accounts for a much greater share

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Blog Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Ice-Blog: Anthropocene -No ice age – more blizzards?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 02:03 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 02:14
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If you are sitting somewhere on the East Coast of the USA, struggling to cope with 30 inches of snow,

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Blog Environment General Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Can Paris avert threat to cryosphere?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 19:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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To those of us who work on polar subjects, there is no question about the relevance of the cryosphere to

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Blog Environment General Special Features 

Ice-Blog:: Melting glacier risk to seabed ecosystem

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2015 at 19:44 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 13:02
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On my first visit to the Arctic in 2007, I went out into the Kongsfjord at Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, with

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Ice melt to motivate whizzkids?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, October 12, 2015 at 07:38
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When it comes to rousing young people’s interest in climate change, the Arctic and Antarctic seem to be a good

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The Sermeq Kujualleq glacier discharges icebergs into the sea. (Irene Quaile/Ilulissat, 2009)
Blog Environment General 

Ice-Blog: Can we still avert irreversible ice sheet melt?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 18:16
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Earlier this week, I was able to follow up my last talk with Professor Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdam Institute for

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Blog Environment General Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Polar ice set for six-metre sea level rise?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, July 13, 2015 at 18:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 20:02
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Small increases in global average temperature may eventually lead to sea level rise of six metres or more, according to

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