Ice-Blog: Greenland ice a chute to rising seas?
As I checked through the news agencies to keep tabs on what’s been happening with Greenland as 2016 kicks off,
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Seabirds still crowding Alaska rescue center
Hundreds of grounded common murres continue to challenge rescuers and baffle scientists as Alaskans grapple with the mystery of the starving,
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Ice dangerously thin in south Finland
Ice skaters on Espoo’s Lake Bodom kept rescue workers busy on Wednesday. First, a person fell through the ice in
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Starving seabirds grounded in Southcentral Alaska
Normally found skimming the North Pacific, seabirds known as common murres are appearing inland in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and elsewhere
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Blog: A year in the global Arctic
As 2015 draws to a close, it’s good to step back and take stock of the year that was. Digging
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Western Arctic Caribou Herd still Alaska’s biggest?
A caribou herd in northwestern Alaska has been the state’s largest for several years, but its population is on a
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Arctic missing from Paris climate agreement
While the United Nations climate change agreement was praised when it was reached this month, the omission of the word
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Ice-Blog: Arctic climate – positive narrative?
As 2015 draws to a close, the NOAA report card on the state of the Arctic and a substantial new
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Swedish companies hope COP21 deal means business
The Swedish business sector hopes that the UN climate agreement could give a boost to Swedish companies. During the climate negotiations in
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Arctic Alaska permafrost thawing quickly
Even as he monitored signs of thaw under the ground of Interior Alaska, permafrost expert Vladimir Romanovsky was giving assurances a
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Warming evident in Arctic air and waters: report
The Arctic is warming at twice the global pace — and Arctic warming is affecting other parts of the world.
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Feature Interview: ArcticNet’s 2015 scientific meeting
The ArcticNet scientific meeting took place in Vancouver, British Columbia from December 7-11. There, hundreds of Canadian scientists and researchers
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Ice-Blog: Paris – A COP-out for Arctic Peoples?
On a recent edition of DW’s Living Planet programme, Lakeidra Chavis reported on the effect of melting permafrost on indigenous
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For Alaskans in Paris, climate talks hit home
After two weeks of talks, representatives from around the world hammered out the final details of a global climate change agreement
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Blog: Will COP21 turn down heat on Arctic?
The world’s leaders are meeting in Paris this week for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, generally known as
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