Introduce carbon tax on meat and flights say Swedish researchers
The amount of carbon dioxide emissions within Swedish borders has decreased, but the total amount of emissions caused by Swedish
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Big changes in Far North since US last chaired Arctic Council
When the United States last led the eight-nation Arctic Council, September sea ice still covered about 2.3 million square miles, Royal Dutch Shell had
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Environment, oil and Russia’s military: 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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Report warns more Arctic shipping will increase warming, affect health
A new report on air pollution from ships in the high Arctic warns of huge increases in air pollution from
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Ice-Blog: Sharing Arctic ocean data
This week I had an interesting conversation with Professor Karen Wiltshire, who is deputy director of Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute for
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Alaska should seize Arctic opportunities, commission report says
With industry poised to invest billions of dollars in the rapidly thawing and increasingly accessible and resource-rich Arctic, Alaska now has
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Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – still in the picture
Was it too good to be true? The euphoria over the US administration’s moves to protect the Arctic National Wildlife
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To drill or not to drill? ANWR vs. the Arctic Ocean
President Barack Obama’s decision to support continued exploration in the often ice-choked U.S. Arctic Ocean, while trying to lock up
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Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve
Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and
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Alaska: Bristol Bay sockeye’s prey quality affected by ocean temperature
Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike.
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Warmth, lack of snow in Yukon threatens winter events
Once again, the weather patterns are playing havoc with the Yukon’s reputation for Arctic cold and snow. One of the
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Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers
I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the
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‘Arctic oil is incommensurate with 2ºC target:’ WWF
TROMSØ: Norway’s decision to offer more Barents Sea drillings would be incommensurate with efforts to limit global warming to 2ºC,
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Ice-Blog: Tromso filmfest inspires US Arctic envoy
Tromso prides itself on being the “capital of the north”. As well as the Arctic Frontiers conference, which is happening this week,
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Oil – a white elephant?
The conference: Arctic Frontiers has attracted a record number of participants this year and huge media interest. For the first time in
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