Canada extends continental shelf claim, increasing overlaps with Russia in Arctic
Canada filed an addendum on Monday to extend its continental shelf in the Arctic, increasing significantly its overlaps with claims
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Climate conference hears loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050
‘The consequences are unpredictable. We don’t know how the system will respond’ A new report from dozens of international scientists
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Arctic Ocean acidifying up to four times faster than any other sea on Earth
What may be the broadest and longest study to date has found Canada’s Arctic Ocean is growing more acidic up
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Russia conducts military drills in Arctic sea opposite Alaska
Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic on Friday as part of military drills designed to test Moscow’s
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Blog: The Arctic in a warming world
The far north has long been considered a barometer for the measurement of global climate change, including via phenomenon such
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‘Crazy busy’ for business owners as tourists return to Tuktoyaktuk
Grandma’s Kitchen is run by grandma herself — Joanne Edwards-Steen — and her husband John Steen. With a guest book
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Giant sponges feeding on fossils discovered in deep Arctic waters
Deep beneath the ice-covered Arctic Ocean, scientists have made an unusual discovery. With little to no light, huge sponge gardens
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‘You cannot claim any more:’ Russia seeks bigger piece of Arctic
Russia wants to stretch out imaginary lines on the ocean floor — and below it — and that has one
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Ice Blog – When the Arctic ice won’t freeze
Imagine you head for the North Pole to test your brand-new giant, state-of-the-art icebreaker – and you can’t find any
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A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off as Arctic shifts to new climate regime
A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap, estimated to be some 110 square kilometres, has broken off in the far
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BLOG – In just 20 years, ships could cross an open Arctic Ocean
Sailing via the North Pole was impossible until the 1950s. Now, it is all but inevitable. Even if all greenhouse
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Fresh water is pouring into the Arctic Ocean. Climate change is to blame, new study says
The Arctic Ocean is not as salty as it used to be — and now researchers say climate change is
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Methane emissions in Arctic Ocean have long been overestimated, study claims
A new study from UiT The Arctic University of Norway revealed that estimates of methane emissions released from the Arctic
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Ecosystems shifting in Russia’s Arctic waters, scientists find
Species that previously were non-existent in Russia’s remote and icy Arctic waters are now found in big numbers. The researchers
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We’ll see an ‘ice-free’ Arctic this century, says latest research
Researchers at the University of California’s Center for Climate Science say they have narrowed the projections of when the Arctic
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