Ice-Blog: Farewell to ‘Last Ice’ victims
Ice Blog readers may remember the story of the two ice researchers and polar explorers who died when they broke
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Fossil-Free Sweden initiative aims to lead by example
A new initative called Fossilfritt Sverige, or Fossil-free Sweden, was launched on Wednesday by the government, ahead of the upcoming
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Blog: Mapping the Arctic’s future while erasing its past
Yesterday, Nature Climate Change published a new paper on mapping the future of the Arctic Ocean. The extent of open water
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Temperature record broken in Finland
A balmy 14.1 degrees Celsius was recorded in Vuosaari Harbour just before noon on Tuesday, according to the Finnish Meteorological
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Finland: Warm November start after dry October
Following one of the sunniest Octobers ever, November is off to an exceptionally mild start in southern and central Finland.
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Arctic Council talks climate, COP21, suicide in North
An Arctic Council meeting wound up in Alaska on Friday with a focus on issues like climate adaptation, the marine environment and the suicide
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Ice-blog: Arctic plastic “garbage patches”
There are a lot of things you might want to discover on a research cruise in the Arctic. Chunks of
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Alaska’s North Slope fortifies against highway flooding
DEADHORSE — If another extreme spring flooding event strikes the northernmost stretch of the Dalton Highway, Alaska transportation crews will be
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Experts question Finland’s energy decisions, data
Professors at the Lappeenranta University of Technology charge that Finland’s energy decisions are made based on misleading data. Officials at
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More Arctic research, intn’l cooperation needed
REYKJAVIK: The climatic changes taking place in the Arctic are a call to action for the world. We must answer
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Germany, Iceland cooperate on new transpolar port
The German company Bremenports has concluded an agreement with Icelandic authorities and the Icelandic engineering company Elfa on a
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The new Barents priorities
Regional identity is on the priority list of the new Russian Barents Council chairmanship along with cross-border transportation, climate, culture
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International community talks Arctic in Iceland
REYKJAVIK: The capital of Iceland stands in the Arctic limelight for the next couple of days, as people from around
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Ice-Blog: Ice melt to motivate whizzkids?
When it comes to rousing young people’s interest in climate change, the Arctic and Antarctic seem to be a good
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Eroding Arctic coastline reveals human bones
As Arctic Ocean waves from summer and fall storms eat away at Barrow’s bluffs, they take land from the living — and
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