How the Army Corps of Engineers turned lenient on Alaska wetlands mitigation
A review of five years of Army Corps of Engineers permits for development in Alaska wetlands showed the corps had
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Man in Northern Canada killed protecting his children from polar bear
The community of Arviat, Nunavut (Northern Canada), is grieving after a local man was killed by a polar bear Tuesday
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Patriotic Russian environmental group gathers in Norway
Russian Ecological Chamber, an NGO created by former State Duma Deputies, invites to Barents EcoWeek, a gathering other environmental groups
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Authorities agree to new wetland mitigation guidelines in Alaska
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers have beefed up their guidelines for wetlands mitigation in
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Alaska museum’s latest exhibit gives unique look at pingoes
When Seattle-base sculptor John Grade first headed to the Arctic, he was searching for the northernmost tree he could find.
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Finnish live stream gives users bird’s eye view of eagle’s nest
Anyone with an internet connection can now follow life in a wild white-tailed eagle’s nest via a new video stream.
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Villages in western Finland concerned by jump in wolf population
The number of wolves has increased by 10 percent from last year, with 200 wolves now living in Finland. Around
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Finnish forest fire sparked by sunbeam through bottle in bone-dry weather
The recent weeks of dry, sunny weather have caused brush and forest fires to spark across Finland. On Tuesday fire
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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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Ice-Blog – Former UN climate chief speaks out against Arctic drilling
One good thing about people no longer being in office is they are freer to come out with their own
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Russia adds small Arctic island to large national park
Victoria Island and its nature is up for better protection. The 10,8 square km island located between the archipelagos of
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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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Canada wants to up collaboration with First Nations, Inuit, Métis on national parks
Greater collaboration with Indigenous peoples on national park areas will play an important role in conversation and management, says a
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Live seal cam returns to mesmerise Finnish viewers
If the Twitterverse is to be believed, the sight of a seal lolling on a waterside rock can be quite
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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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