Canada slow to deliver on Arctic commitments
Canada has fallen behind on meeting its promised Arctic investments, even while new data show its aggregate public spending in
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Sweden’s mountain hares changing fur color too early
The fur of mountain hares in the northern county of Västerbotten is changing colors too early, which could put their
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Ice-Blog: Arctic icon in decline
As I plan my coverage of this year’s annual UN climate conference, this time in Peru, a news item from WWF pops
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NASA findings show no excessive methane emissions from Alaska
Though Arctic Alaska is warming and permafrost is thawing, the area so far has been spared from the scourge of
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Ice-Blog: Berlin Wall – Hope for Arctic?
The statement by veteran Arctic researcher Peter Wadhams that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer as early as 2020
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Blog: The British Invasion – The Arctic Circle and observer states
There was a lot of buzz around new Observers to the Arctic Council leading up to the 2013 Ministerial in
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/07/14
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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10 takeaways from the 2014 Arctic Circle Assembly
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The second annual Arctic Circle Assembly wrapped up Sunday in this beautiful city on the western shore
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Analysis: Time to ramp up Arctic infrastructure in the U.S.
At long last, the United States government appears poised to seize – if at times, fitfully – it’s Arctic Destiny.
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Iceland conference draws on hopes, concerns for changing Arctic
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — As winter closes its icy grip on the Arctic for another year, world leaders from around the
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Alaska’s Harding Icefield loses mass
The huge Harding Icefield on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula shed some of its mass over the past year and Exit Glacier,
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Ice-Blog: Can UN and EU take the heat off Alaska?
It is with a heavy heart that I write this first blog post since my holiday, catching up with the
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Barrow, Alaska’s dramatic autumn warming linked to shrinking sea ice
The nation’s northernmost community is getting warmer, most dramatically in October, when sea ice loss has been greatest, according to
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How Should U.S. Lead in the Arctic?
Arctic experts and policymakers gathered at a Washington, D.C. think-tank today to focus on how the U.S. might wield its
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Soot from Canadian wildfires may have increased Greenland ice melt
Researchers studying Greenland’s massive ice-sheet are making some worrisome findings. Danish-born glaciologist Jason Box who has studied glaciers for two-decades
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