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Canada extends continental shelf claim, increasing overlaps with Russia in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 17:30
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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

Bob Weber, The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 11:45
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‘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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Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Science Science (Canada) 

Arctic Ocean acidifying up to four times faster than any other sea on Earth

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, September 30, 2022 at 10:28
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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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Featured • Zone 2 Politics Politics (Russia) 

Russia conducts military drills in Arctic sea opposite Alaska

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2022 at 10:45
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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 Environment 

Blog: The Arctic in a warming world

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Monday, August 15, 2022 at 15:07 — Last Updated: Monday, August 15, 2022 at 16:29
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The far north has long been considered a barometer for the measurement of global climate change, including via phenomenon such

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Business Business (Canada) 

‘Crazy busy’ for business owners as tourists return to Tuktoyaktuk

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 12:17
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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

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 16:13
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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

Emma Tranter, The Canadian Press @emmtranter
Posted: Monday, April 12, 2021 at 09:53
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Russia wants to stretch out imaginary lines on the ocean floor — and below it — and that has one

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Environment Environment (Russia) 

Ice Blog – When the Arctic ice won’t freeze

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, October 30, 2020 at 15:51
1 Comment

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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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off as Arctic shifts to new climate regime

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 14:36
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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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Business Business (Iceland) Iceland 

BLOG – In just 20 years, ships could cross an open Arctic Ocean

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 14:49 — Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 15:06
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Sailing via the North Pole was impossible until the 1950s. Now, it is all but inevitable. Even if all greenhouse

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Fresh water is pouring into the Arctic Ocean. Climate change is to blame, new study says

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 11:52
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The Arctic Ocean is not as salty as it used to be — and now researchers say climate change is

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway RCI 

Methane emissions in Arctic Ocean have long been overestimated, study claims

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 18:30
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A new study from UiT The Arctic University of Norway revealed that estimates of methane emissions released from the Arctic

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Ecosystems shifting in Russia’s Arctic waters, scientists find

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10:30
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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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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

We’ll see an ‘ice-free’ Arctic this century, says latest research

Walter Strong, CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2019 at 09:24
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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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