Blog: Landmark UCLA study reveals melting of Greenland ice sheet from top to bottom
Many scientists have studied how the glaciers and big chunks of ice breaking off the edges of the Greenland ice sheet are
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Ocean – “Mare incognitum”
As I continue to prepare for my trip to Svalbard and the Arctic waters around the archipelago, into the Polar
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Ice-blog: Unlocking secrets of the polar night
During visits to Arctic research sites in summer, I have experienced first-hand the energy and inspiration that comes from around-the-clock
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Study shows polar bears relocating to icier Canadian Archipelago
Polar bears are relocating from ice-sparse parts of the Arctic to the Canadian Archipelago, an area with more dependable summer
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Politics, energy & climate: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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Alarm over Kara Sea permafrost thawing
Remember the big sinkhole on Yamal Peninsula discovered last summer? Scientists have now discovered leaking methane gas from the shelf
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Huge amount of oxygen-rich water flows into Baltic
The past few weeks have seen the largest amount of salt water for decades flow into the Baltic Sea from
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Blog: Arctic oil and gas must stay in ground to restrict warming to 2°C says study
Scientists have realized for some time now that the extraction of fossil fuels must dramatically slow down if the global
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2014 warmest year in history for Norway
2014 was the warmest year ever recorded in Norway. The average annual temperature was 2.2 °C higher than normal –
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2014 the second hottest year in Finnish history
Weather-wise, 2014 was an extraordinary period in many ways. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, last year will go
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Annual Arctic Report Card details continued warming on land and sea
While the Arctic in 2014 continued its long-term warming, much of the rest of the world was struck by wacky
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Ice-Blog: From Alaska to Ottawa
Ottawa has been the setting for “Arctic Change”, another major Arctic conference this week. It is organised by the research
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Ice-Blog: Thick Antarctic ice not sign of cooling
The recent publication of a study on Arctic ice as measured by the “yellow submarine”, an underwater robot, caused a flurry of
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London gallery offers multimedia Sámi art
Outi Pieski’s work evokes the bleak snowscapes of the polar north and indigenous Sámi culture stretching back thousands of years.
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Clues emerging about Arctic gene, diet and health
For thousands of years, the indigenous people of the far north survived the extreme cold of their environment with a
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