Northern nations pledge to reduce black coal emissions during Arctic biodiversity talks in Finland
Environment ministers of Arctic states said Friday that they want to cut down on the use of black coal, which
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WWF urges Norway to protect its Arctic forests to help fight climate change
The boreal forest is even more crucial for the world to store carbon than the tropical rainforest. At 68°N, Europe’s
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Permafrost thawing under Arctic lakes warming climate faster than expected, says study
Permafrost that’s thawing deep under some Arctic lakes is speeding up climate warming. That’s according to a recent study led
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Finland’s latest cash-for-clunkers scheme hailed a success
The Finnish government’s cash-for-clunkers campaign, which ends on 31 August, has again turned out to be a success, says the
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Swedish icebreaker heading for North Pole to study melting sea ice
The icebreaker Oden will embark next week on an Arctic research expedition to study how clouds are formed there and
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Ice-Blog – While Arctic melts, sweltering Germany hosts UN climate talks
It’s been a scorcher of a week here in Bonn, Germany. Delegates to the UNFCCC climate talks (one of the interim meetings
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Alaska’s first, electric public transit bus ready to hit Anchorage streets
Alaska’s first electric public transit bus is set to begin carrying passengers in Anchorage starting Tuesday. Among other things,
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Environment minister proposes coal-free Finland by 2025
Minister of the Environment, Energy and Housing Kimmo Tiilikainen has proposed that Finland should move up its ban on coal-burning
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Biggest air-polluter in Barents Region awarded for environmental responsibility
Natural Resource Minister Sergei Donskoi praises Norilsk-Nickel for its environmental efforts. Norilsk-Nickel proudly quotes Minister Donskoi on Wednesday after receiving
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Ice-Blog: Can environmentalists trump Trump’s climate plans?
When it comes to the latest data on the state of the Arctic sea ice, the Greenland ice sheet or
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Ice-Blog: New report sees Arctic melt on course to tip global climate
Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could
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Blog: Greenland ice holds Cold War peril
It sounds like something from a science-fiction novel or a disaster movie. A hidden city under ice, housing 200 people,
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Council – 20 years in a warming world
Twenty years does not really seem like a long time. But when it comes to climate change in the Arctic, the
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Ice-Blog: Hottest year – scary, but not for Arctic shippers from China?
As I sit in my Bonn office between thunderstorms in a week where we reached a record 36 degrees Celsius
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Ice-Blog: Can we halt Arctic melt? Hard question for UN advisor
I had a very interesting high-profile visitor here at Deutsche Welle this week. Bonn, John Le Carré’s “Small Town in
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