Permafrost degradation spreads in Canadian High Arctic
Polar deserts in Canada’s High Arctic are undergoing rapid changes as increases in summer air temperatures lead to permafrost thaw,
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Sea levels could rise by up to 2 metres by 2100, new study finds
Sea levels could rise by as much as two metres by 2100 in a worst-case scenario involving melting ice caps
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Cod moving further north as climate changes in Arctic Europe
Researchers have never before seen spawning cod in the area of Jan Mayen, east of Greenland. “This is new knowledge
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Interview – Finland’s Senior Arctic Official looks back at two years of Finnish Arctic Council chairmanship
Finland completes its two-year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Tuesday, May 7th. Eye on the Arctic blogger Heather Exner-Pirot
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Blog – What to expect from the 2019 Arctic Council Ministerial
The Arctic Council is a collegial and sober organization, that likes to stay above the fray of geopolitical tussling. But
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New climate studies program coming to schools in Finland
The Trade Union of Education (OAJ) and education development group Opinkirjo are developing a new teaching model that would make
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Northwestern Canada: How scientists discovered summers are hottest in over 13,000 years
It was a warm day in late June 2013, and Trevor Porter was up the Dempster Highway, just past Tombstone
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Arctic Council: Officials struggle to find climate language that U.S. can support
Senior diplomats from the eight Arctic Council countries meeting in Finland late last week struggled to come up with language
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The world could transition entirely to cheap, safe renewable energy before 2050: Finnish study
A global transition to the exclusive use of renewable energy sources is not only possible but also cheaper and safer
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Indigenous village in northwestern Canada to declare climate change emergency
The chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Yukon, northwestern Canada says his community’s traditional way of life is
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Canadian Arctic is warmest it’s been in 10,000 years: study
New research suggests Canada’s Arctic is the warmest it has been in 10,000 years — and the temperatures are still
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Future Arctic won’t look like today’s Arctic, report says
It may be the end of the Arctic as we know it. That wasn’t the title of the report Key
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Northern Canada warming at three times the global rate, report finds
Canada is, on average, experiencing warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world, with Northern Canada heating
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Norway asks Sweden to take part in carbon capture project
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has produced a ‘Climate Action Roadmap’, setting forward the path it believes the government should
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Tall ice cliffs are slumping and may trigger rapid sea-level rise, study finds
Scientists have found that tall ice cliffs in Greenland are slumping — and this may eventually lead to a more
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