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November ranks 2nd hottest on record for the Arctic and globe

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 16:11
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November 2020 ranked second hottest on record, overtaking November 2019 for the No. 2 spot, according to scientists at the

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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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Bering Sea region focus of recent papers on climate risk to northern communities

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 08:16 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 14:15
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a U.S. scientific agency, released it’s annual Arctic report card this month, warning that

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2018 was the 4th-warmest year on record, NOAA and NASA reveal

Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 09:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 10:24
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It was another record warm year for Earth. On Wednesday, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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CO2 may rob Arctic salmon of their sense of smell, new study says

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 16:19
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A new study out of the University of Washington and NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Centre shows rising carbon dioxide

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Investigation into washed up whale’s death begins in Alaska

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 09:21
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The extraordinary sight of a 30-foot long dead humpback whale that washed up on a beach area in Anchorage has

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NOAA to remove Endangered Species Act protections for most humpback whales

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 21:08
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Humpback whales, a species that migrates to Alaska and is famous for singing below the water’s surface and leaping above it,

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Map of the Barents Strait between Alaska and Russia's Chukotka region. How will tensions between Moscow and Washington affect researchers in the Arctic? (iStock)
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Whaling ship wreckage found off Arctic Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 16:57 — Last Updated: Friday, January 8, 2016 at 21:37
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When pack ice shifted to trap 33 commercial whaling ships off Alaska’s Arctic coast in the fall of 1871, more than

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
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Ocean acidification strong off Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2015 at 14:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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The Arctic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean, along with Antarctic waters, are acidifying faster than the rest of the world’s

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(Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)
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Shipping, military and the continental shelf: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 19:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 15:17
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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The NOAA ship Rainier in Seward in 2001 for a Resurrection Bay mapping project Wednesday. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)
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U.S. to collect Arctic data for modern navigational charts

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 13:37
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The Office of Coast Survey, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is one of the U.S. government’s oldest agencies,

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The Bering Sea (pictured above) has the benefit of phytoplankton blooms, something that helps buffer it against acidification. (iStock)
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Ice retreat threatening Bering Sea pollock

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 13:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 20:26
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The years 2002 through 2005 were bad for Bering Sea pollock. The biomass plunged during those years. In a presentation in

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(iStock)
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ARCTREX tests Arctic oil spill tracking techniques

Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 14:38 — Last Updated: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 20:24
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Offshore oil and gas exploration has become increasingly prominent over the past several years. But, questions remain about how effective

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Sunset over the Barents Sea. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
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2014 warmest year in history for Norway

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 20:41 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 22:13
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2014 was the warmest year ever recorded in Norway. The average annual temperature was 2.2 °C higher than normal –

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In this aerial photo taken on Sept. 23, 2014 and released by NOAA, some 1500 walrus are gather on the northwest coast of Alaska. Pacific walrus looking for places to rest in the absence of sea ice are coming to shore in record numbers, according to NOAA. (Corey Accardo/ NOAA/AP)
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Huge onshore crowds of walruses a new phenomenon for Arctic Alaska, scientists say

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 13:59 — Last Updated: Friday, October 3, 2014 at 21:01
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Gatherings of thousands of walruses crowded together on northwestern Alaska shorelines, like the congregation of 35,000 animals spotted this weekend

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