Permafrost ‘carbon bomb’ unlikely, but worries over northern thaw persist
Cross one thing off the long list of possible apocalyptic climate-change scenarios: A new scientific analysis concludes that a “carbon bomb” of
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Arctic priorities questioned on eve of U.S. chairmanship
The United States assumes chairmanship of the Arctic Council this week, kicking off a two-year window to assert American priorities
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Ice-blog: Ice paradoxes from pole to pole
Returning after a longish break with little access to news and data, there are several ice and snow stories jumping
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Alaska House leaders take shot at Washington state over Arctic development
JUNEAU — After sending salvos at President Barack Obama and federal government bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., top Republicans in the
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March’s Arctic ice extent was lowest on record for the month
Following a record-low winter maximum hit in late February, Arctic sea ice extent in March was the lowest for that
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Blog: The geometries of Arctic all-weather road construction
2015 marks the third season of construction along the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk all-weather road. That means it’s possible to watch construction of
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Blog: Norway’s hydropower will light up UK homes
Last week, the United Kingdom and Norway signed an agreement to build what will be the world’s longest interconnector from
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Could Maine become the U.S.’s second ‘Arctic’ state?
Alaska, which contains within its boundaries the only U.S. territory north of — or even anywhere near — the Arctic
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Finland’s largest solar power unit to be built in Oulu
Finland’s largest solar power unit, comprising of 1,600 solar panels producing 420 kilowatts of power, will be built in Oulu
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High temperatures sink vehicles traveling ice roads in Western Alaska
BETHEL — Two pickup trucks used by construction crews working on a water and sewer project in the village of Kwethluk on
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Earth Hour doesn’t move the needle on Finland’s electricity grid
Several Finnish landmarks turned the lights out on Saturday night to mark the WWF’s Earth Hour event to highlight climate
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Birding and conservation groups call on Canada, U.S. to preserve boreal forest
Birding and conservation groups launched a campaign on last week calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to preserve at
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Record-low amount of sea ice in Baltic Sea
This year marks a historically poor ice-winter, reports Swedish Radio News. Ice covered at most, approximately 45,000 square kilometres of
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Glacier ice in narrow fjords creates oceans’ noisiest known conditions, study says
Glacier Acoustics Project from Hilary Hudson on Vimeo. The noisiest places found yet in the world’s oceans are some of
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Arctic sea ice ‘thinning dramatically’, study finds
The Arctic sea ice is thinning at a steadier and faster rate than researchers previously thought, a new study based
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