As China adapts to a melting Arctic, Shanghai prepares for the worst
China’s claims to be a near-Arctic state is not all about a Polar Silk Road and access to natural resources,
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U.S. ratifies moratorium on fishing in High Arctic seas
The United States has become the fourth jurisdiction after Canada, the European Union and Russia to ratify a landmark international
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Canada ratifies international moratorium on commercial fishing in the High Arctic
Canada has ratified an international accord that will protect nearly three million square kilometres of the Central Arctic Ocean from
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Blog – The Arctic shipping route no one is talking about
By mid-century – and perhaps by 2035 – a Transpolar Passage will open across the Arctic Ocean via the North
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North Pole camp season cancelled before it even started
Cold politics and warming climate are the reasons why the ice-camp for the first time in 18 years can’t open.
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Russia scores scientific point in quest for extended Arctic continental shelf
Russia has scored an important scientific point in its quest to declare vast swaths of the Arctic as part of
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North Pole drifting ice camp set to open
An ice floe has been found for the drifting ice camp Barneo-2019 Two helicopters first flew over the area to
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Urgent action needed to protect Arctic Ocean, WWF says
There is dramatic urgency in this matter, says Peter Winsor, Arctic program director at the World Wildlife Fund. Winsor, who
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Arctic ecosystems face irreversible change without fast climate action, UN report says
UN Climate Panel tells world leaders to take far-reaching and unprecedented action to avoid irreversible changes to life on planet
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Binding agreement on Arctic fisheries moratorium officially signed by EU and nine countries
Canada, the European Union and eight other countries signed Wednesday a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three
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Nine countries and EU set to sign ‘historic’ agreement to protect Central Arctic Ocean
Officials from five Arctic countries and five major distant fishing powers are meeting in Greenland Wednesday to sign a legally
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Canada to file submission for its continental shelf limits in Arctic Ocean in 2019
The federal government plans to file its submission on the outer limits of Canada’s continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean
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Warm water under Arctic ice a ‘ticking time bomb,’ researcher says
A pocket of warm ocean water underneath the surface of the Canada Basin could melt a significant portion of the
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World Wildlife Fund raises alarm about harmful ‘grey water’ in Canada’s Arctic
World Wildlife Fund Canada fears a new report it commissioned suggests that untreated “grey water” dumped in Canadian Arctic waters could double by
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Swedish icebreaker reaches North Pole for climate study
Science expedition sails north to find link between formation of Arctic clouds and record heatwave and drought on mainland Sweden.
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