Lack of sea ice has deep impact on wildlife and upcoming weather in Alaska
Sea ice is sparse in Arctic waters off Alaska, and the implications for animals, upcoming winter weather and next year’s ice
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Strong regional focus, including on Arctic, key for next IPCC report say climate experts
MONTREAL – Extreme weather events, and the warming polar regions, make understanding climate change on a regional level more important
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Environmental groups call on Arctic cruise industry to reduce pollution in Iceland
Recent air samples taken in Iceland suggest cruise ships arriving and departing from Reykjavik are negatively affecting air quality, according
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Global cooperation stressed as international climate experts gather in Montreal, Canada
MONTREAL – International collaboration is key to tackling global temperature change and crafting successful adaptation strategies, Canada’s Minister of Environment
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Sweden moves Polar Research Secretariat to Arctic town
In a move to decentralise state agencies out of Stockholm, Arctic coordination goes north to the town where the country’s
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American science foundation awards $500,000 to food security research in Indigenous communities
The National Science Foundation, an independent American federal agency, has awarded approximately $500,000 to research food security in Indigenous communities in
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Chinese icebreaker navigates across central Arctic
On Monday, «Xue Long» is doing research in the Norwegian Sea, sailing a back-and-forth pat half-way between Bjørnøya and Jan
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Ice-Blog: Greenland on the horizon
When I first visited Greenland back in 2009, it was not a place that made the news very often. This
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Canada’s science minister in North to observe climate change
Canada’s science minister Kirsty Duncan is in the Arctic this week to visit climate change scientists. Duncan’s trip began on July 17
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As sea ice gets scarcer, polar bear attacks on people become more frequent
As Arctic sea ice has dwindled, polar bear attacks on people have increased — correlated trends that point to distressed conditions
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Ice-Blog: Greenland earthquake and tsunami – hazards of melting ice?
Following the news over the weekend with a trip to Greenland this summer at the back of my mind, my
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Ice-Blog: Trump’s alternative reality? No warming, cool oceans, intact coral
“Irene, have you heard the news? Looks like Trump has pulled out of the Paris Agreement.” While the US President
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As Arctic weather dramatically changes, world meteorologists take on more joint forecasting
A two-year joint effort is to help the World Meteorological Organization enhance Arctic observation, modeling and weather prediction. Something very
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Contaminants in animals provide clues about the health of the North
FAIRBANKS — An environmental mystery lies in the remote Aleutian chain, the archipelago that stretches to Asia: Why do endangered Steller
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Climate change exacerbates mental health problems in Labrador’s Inuit communities
Climate change is causing tremendous pain and distress in Inuit communities in northern Labrador, compounding already complex mental health issues
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