Sweden’s environment minister positive on Lima deal
Sweden’s environment minister is pleased with the climate change summit in Lima, despite that the agreed-upon goals stopped far short
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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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The Swedish company offering a “carbon clean-up”
A Swedish company, Biorecro, is offering a technological solution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Biorecro’s managing director
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Alaska’s Harding Icefield loses mass
The huge Harding Icefield on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula shed some of its mass over the past year and Exit Glacier,
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Blog: NASA satellite imagery reveals the Arctic at night
In winter, the Arctic is considered to be a dark and dreary place save for when the northern lights shimmer
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Study sheds light on peopling of the Arctic
Archaeologists have been arguing for decades about how human beings got to the new world, and genetic research released today
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Uncovering the mysteries of Sweden’s mountains
Scientists are just finished drilling Sweden’s deepest hole, and they hope it will reveal secrets about how the Himalayas were
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Blog: Field notes from Greenland – From the glacier to the sea
The Greenland Ice Sheet is constantly in flux and is far from static. The world’s second largest body of ice
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Canada’s prime minister announces launch of Arctic research program
Canada’s prime minster marked the first day of his annual northern tour with the announcement of the National Research Council (NRC)
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Blog: Field notes from Greenland: The way to Kanger
Though Greenland may seem to be one of the most remote places on earth, it’s quite centrally located within the
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Blog: Field notes from Greenland – Day 1
In popular imaginings, the Greenland ice sheet is one big, white, flat, frozen piece of ice. That perception is natural
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Permafrost lakes are long-term climate coolers, study says
The tundra lakes that form over permafrost have been considered contributors to greenhouse gas accumulations and climate warming. The formation
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Predictions of Arctic summer ice melt come with lots of uncertainty
Every year, as Arctic sea ice thins, scatters and melts, scientists ask: How low will it go? While the long-term
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Ice-Blog: Arctic thaw – carry on regardless?
When a colleague who has a lot of sympathy for those who do NOT accept that humans are responsible for
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Blog: USA steps up Arctic game with appointment of Papp as special representative
Since 2006, eleven different states have appointed Arctic Ambassadors/Envoys, and last week the United States became the twelfth, with Secretary
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