Blog: 1.5°C is way too high – Thoughts from a flood-stricken German valley
We are fine and glad to live up a hill, but in shock, with the region around us devastated by
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Year-long, international Arctic science expedition comes to an end
A year-long international Arctic science expedition came to an end on Monday as the German research icebreaker Polarstern returned to
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MOSAiC international Arctic science expedition expedition reaches North Pole
An international science expedition reached the North Pole on Wednesday after project leaders noticed shrinking sea-ice conditions and “surprisingly loose”
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Deutsche Bank won’t finance any new Arctic oil and gas projects
The Frankfurt-based bank adopted its new Fossil Fuels Policy on Monday with strict limitations on future involvement in coal, oil and gas.
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Sea ice extent in the Arctic reaches historical low in July
The Arctic sea ice extent reached a record low in July, shrinking to levels not seen since satellite observation of
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Blog – Summer 2020: When the unprecedented becomes the precedent
It’s raining. I’m delighted. A strange response from a Scot who has fled the damp British climate. I write this
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MOSAiC international science expedition completes crew transfer in Central Arctic
A one year, international Arctic science expedition started its second leg this week with approximately 100 people switching places between
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Finns favour nuclear power to fight climate change, poll says
Nearly half of all respondents to an Yle poll said they consider nuclear power to be a sustainable form of
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Norway absent from massive US-led multinational drill in Europe next year
NATO’s northernmost country with direct border to Russia’s militarized Kola Peninsula relies heavily on allied reinforcements, but lacks capacity to
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Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting
A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on
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Could snow cannons in Antarctica help avert catastrophic sea level rise?
A team of climate scientists has put forward a daring solution to the instability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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U.S. archives show thousands of Swedes fought Nazis during WWII: author
New research has revealed that the number of Swedes who fought for the Allied forces in World War 2 was
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Russia “would see enemies” if Finland joined NATO, president Niinistö tells German paper
President Sauli Niinistö sat down with the centre-right German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Helsinki on Friday, ahead of a
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Sweden reluctantly greenlights construction of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
Sweden gave the go ahead to the controversial construction of an underwater natural gas pipeline between Russia and Europe. But
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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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