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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Record-breaking heat followed by extreme cold on Russian Arctic coast

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 10:18
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The year is coming to a close with temperatures down to minus 50 °C in parts of northern Siberia. Temperatures

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Environment Environment (Canada) General RCI 

Canada’s last fully intact ice shelf collapses in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2020 at 13:43
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The Milne Ice Shelf in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut has collapsed, and was the last fully intact ice

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Science (Canada) 

Cotton fibres, microplastics pervade Eastern Arctic, study finds

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 12:50
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Chelsea Rochman wasn’t surprised when her research cruise through Canada’s Eastern Arctic showed tiny plastic shards and other human debris

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Blog Environment 

Blog – Summer 2020: When the unprecedented becomes the precedent

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 at 14:52 — Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 09:26
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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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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

COVID-19 delay, early ice melt challenge international Arctic science mission

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2020 at 09:46
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They prepared for icy cold and trained to be on the watch for polar bears, but a pandemic just wasn’t

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Unprecedented early ice breakup in Russian Arctic highlights dramatic change

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 14:16 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 14:31
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Thousands of tons of river ice are pushing through the Siberian waterway towards the Arctic Ocean almost two weeks earlier

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Ice-free Arctic summers likely by 2050, even with climate action: study

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 11:27
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Much of the Arctic Ocean will become ice-free during summers by 2050 even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced sharply,

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Davos: Finnish PM stresses importance of Arctic Council for region’s stability amidst climate change

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:07
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In her international debut at the 51st World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the world needs

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Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

In a last move as PM, Medvedev secured funding to first Russian Lider-class icebreaker

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 17, 2020 at 12:55 — Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2020 at 13:03
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On January 15th, the same day as he delivered his resignation, Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution allocating 127 billion rubles

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Global ocean temperatures hit new record highs in 2019 causing devastating effects in the Arctic

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 18:58
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World ocean temperatures in 2019 were the highest ever recorded in human history, reflecting the speed at which our planet

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Arctic sea ice loss linked to spread of deadly virus in marine mammals

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 17:04 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 09:34
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The reduction of sea ice in the Arctic is destroying animal habitat and affecting the entire planet. It is also

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Oldest Arctic sea ice vanishes twice as fast as rest of region, study shows

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 17:02 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 17:07
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As the Earth warms up, the Arctic Ocean’s year-round ice cover is reducing at an alarming rate. Over the past

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Canada Science Science (Canada) 

Arctic virtual reality helps reduce chronic pain, study says

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 17:33
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In recent years, several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of watching immersive 360° videos using Virtual Reality (VR) technology to

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Climate change is about to divide Norway’s largest Arctic island

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 10:35 — Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2019 at 13:59
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The front of Hornsundbreen glacier in Arctic Norway is retreating every year and will eventually open a new strait between

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Greenlanders stay chill as the world reacts to heatwave

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019 at 09:28 — Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:06
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It’s not the warm days from a summer heat wave over Greenland that stress out Taatsi Pedersen. Rather, it’s how

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