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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Feature Interview: Is Arctic climate research missing the big picture?
Arctic climate change is one of the most important stories of our time, but limited field work means we may
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Canada’s Governor General heads north to spotlight Arctic science
Canada’s Governor General left for the northeastern territory of Nunavut on Thursday for a three-day trip to the Arctic. Julie
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Too young to vote, Swedish student Greta Thunberg goes on strike for climate action
Sweden’s elections are coming up, and Greta Thunberg is too young to vote, but she’s trying to influence policy in
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Russian and American scientists team up to study Arctic Russia’s weakening sea ice
More than 50 oceanographic researchers are on board Russia’s polar research flagship Akademik Tryoshnikov as it makes its way towards
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Indigenous reindeer herders request emergency aid after drought, wildfires ravage Sweden
The Swedish Saami Association is demanding a comprehensive aid package from Stockholm after a season of unprecedented drought and wildfire
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Niinistö and Putin agree on Arctic, but at odds on NATO during Sochi talks
The language turned sour as soon as the Russian and Finnish presidents touched on the role of NATO and an
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Hot, arid summer guts a third of Sweden’s cereal harvest
An unusually dry, hot summer means Sweden will see smaller yields of crops like wheat, barley and oats, according to
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Analysis – How do Sweden’s political parties plan to tackle climate change?
American-born climate researcher Kim Nicholas is going to vote for the first time as a new Swedish citizen in the
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Alaska Senator Murkowski vocal on climate change, but where’s the action?
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is one of the few Republicans in Congress who goes out of her way to talk
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National Geographic polar bear apology proves colonialist attitudes towards Inuit remain, say northerners
One year after a controversial video that linked an emaciated polar bear to climate change, National Geographic has published an
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Global warming ‘pause’ about to end, raise Earth’s temperatures further
The past four years have been the hottest on record, but new research shows the Earth was actually in a
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Swedish opposition details climate promises ahead of September elections
Sweden’s opposition centre-right Alliance said on Tuesday that it puts “results” ahead of “symbolic actions” when it comes to fighting
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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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Arctic Europe’s July records melted under extreme temperatures
Average temperature in Finnish Lapland was five degrees above normal. In Finnmark, on Norway’s Barents Sea coast, August started just
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