Finnish minister still supports clearing forests for biofuels following UN climate report
In a report issued on Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasized the importance of forests as
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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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Barents Sea ecosystem undergoing dramatic change, study shows
One of the world’s most comprehensive marine research expeditions reveals powerful change in the marine life of the Barents Sea.
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Feature Interview: UK announces new Arctic defence strategy, but who’s the intended audience?
Arctic sub-hunters, more cold weather training, and RAF Typhoons patrolling the Icelandic skies. These were just a few of items
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Arctic coastal town of Dikson is fastest-warming place in Russia
The town of Dikson and the surrounding Taymyr Peninsula, in Russia’s central Arctic, has the most rapid temperature increase in
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Blog – When the ice melts, what will happen to Arctic tourism?
Glimmering aurora have returned to light up northern night skies, meaning that summer is drawing to a close. With these
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Thawing permafrost in Canada’s Northwest Territories releasing acid that’s breaking down minerals: study
Mineral weathering likely increasing carbon dioxide released into the air and water, says study. Rapidly thawing permafrost on the N.W.T.’s
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Obama addresses business leaders in Finland on climate change and technology
At a business seminar in Helsinki, the former American president called for global solutions to global problems. Former US president
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Cities in Finland and Sweden among Europe’s fastest-warming, data shows
This past summer was a record-breaking one in Finland. Now new data compiled by a European journalism group shows Finland featuring prominently
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Conservation groups hope to educate Canadians with new Arctic marine atlas
Faced with dramatic shifts in the Arctic due to joint pressures of climate change and industrial development, a trio of
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Is Asian desert dust warming the Arctic’s sea surface and confusing satellites?
Large amounts of dust from Asian deserts could be contributing to the warming of Arctic sea surfaces, but satellites are
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WWF urges Norway to protect its Arctic forests to help fight climate change
The boreal forest is even more crucial for the world to store carbon than the tropical rainforest. At 68°N, Europe’s
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New study predicts ‘radical re-shaping’ of Arctic landscape by 2100
A new study is revealing just how much greener and warmer the Arctic is expected to be by the end
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Melting glaciers are triggering the world’s biggest tsunamis
In October 2015, a powerful wave — as tall as 55-storey building — crashed through a fjord in Alaska, stripping
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Permafrost thawing under Arctic lakes warming climate faster than expected, says study
Permafrost that’s thawing deep under some Arctic lakes is speeding up climate warming. That’s according to a recent study led
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