Kremlin downplays possible Putin-Trump Arctic summit
While Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö on Wednesday said to Helsingin Sanomat that « things have progressed to the better » regarding a
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Thawing permafrost in Canada’s Northwest Territories releasing acid that’s breaking down minerals: study
Mineral weathering likely increasing carbon dioxide released into the air and water, says study. Rapidly thawing permafrost on the N.W.T.’s
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Indigenous reindeer herders request emergency aid after drought, wildfires ravage Sweden
The Swedish Saami Association is demanding a comprehensive aid package from Stockholm after a season of unprecedented drought and wildfire
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With warming Arctic, Russian navy gets larger areas to patrol
Eight Northern Fleet vessels sail out from the Kola Peninsula heading northeast on a long-distance Arctic voyage. The flotilla sailed
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Trump hasn’t made the world safer, say overwhelming number of Finns in poll
If there is one thing that unites most Finns regardless of gender, income or place of residence it is a
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Arctic electric rally hits the road towards Northwestern Russia
Electric car enthusiasts from Bergen (southwest Norway), Oslo (southeast Norway), Hammerfest (Arctic Norway), Minsk (Belarus) and St. Petersburg (Western Russia)
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Finland to headquarter Europe’s new atmospheric research center
Finland will become the new headquarters of ACTRIS, the European Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace gases Research Infrastructure, the Finnish Meteorological
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US Gov preparing for oil exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday announced it is undertaking a series of construction projects to prepare for oil exploration
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Canada announces new climate change ambassador
Canada has named Patricia Fuller as the country’s new ambassador for climate change. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the
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High-tech lasers to help Sweden build detailed maps of all its forests
A laser-scan of all the forests in Sweden is about to be made, a process that will take seven years,
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World maritime body approves first Arctic ship routing measures
The International Maritime Organization approved on Friday the first internationally recognized ship routing measures designed jointly by Russia and the
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Ignoring Indigenous women’s traditional knowledge hurts Arctic science, G7 summit hears
Indigenous women’s traditional knowledge is too often excluded from scientific research in the North, something that could have serious implications
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Finnish chemistry professor develops “revolutionary” biofuel
A professor at Turku’s Åbo Akademi and Sweden’s Umeå University says he has managed to develop a fuel based entirely
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Landmark international science agreement comes into effect in Arctic
An Arctic Council agreement to facilitate scientific cooperation between the world’s eight circumpolar countries officially comes into effect on Wednesday.
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In Arctic Norway, seabirds build nests out of plastic waste
Now, concentrations of plastics are comparable or even higher in the Arctic than in more industrialized and urban areas, a
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