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No ice left on Russia’s Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 10:57
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But the number of ships that set course for the Arctic route still remains low. The Arctic shortcut that connects

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Arctic sea ice – Is the minimum maximum the new normal?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, March 24, 2017 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Friday, March 24, 2017 at 16:01
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If you blinked, you might have missed it. The confirmation came this week that the Arctic sea ice reached yet

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Arctic sea ice nears its minimum extent for 2016

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 19:49
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Average sea ice extent for August 2016 was 5.6 million square kilometers (2.16 million square miles), the fourth lowest August

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Environment Environment (USA) General Science USA 

Ice extent still well below normal in Arctic

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 6, 2016 at 13:55
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Arctic sea-ice extent in April was probably at a record low for the month, continuing this year’s trend of record

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Environment Environment (USA) General Science USA 

National Snow and Ice Data Center loses ‘eye in the sky’

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 at 21:04 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:24
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Just as the Arctic experiences one of the most unusual weather patterns in history, a satellite malfunction has forced the

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Environment Environment (USA) General Special Features USA 

Arctic ice extent stays clear of record low

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2015 at 17:30 — Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015 at 19:12
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Arctic sea ice extent for the month of July was lopsided, scientists said Wednesday. While ice clogged waters in northeast

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Adult female walruses on an ice floe with their young in the U.S. waters of the Eastern Chukchi Sea in Alaska in 2012.S.A. Sonsthagen / U.S. Geological Survey / AP)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

September Arctic sea ice forecast

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 14:16 — Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 18:13
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It may be only June, but predictions are already in for Arctic sea ice conditions in September, the month of

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Preparing for Paris: Staff at UNFCCC headquarters in Bonn are working overtime. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)
Blog Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Will Paris conference help the Arctic?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 16:00 — Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2015 at 19:13
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Things are hotting up on the international climate talks front, with one event after another telling us how important it

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

March’s Arctic ice extent was lowest on record for the month

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 17:37 — Last Updated: Friday, April 10, 2015 at 22:03
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Following a record-low winter maximum hit in late February, Arctic sea ice extent in March was the lowest for that

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(John McConnico/Associated Press)
Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Global cooling? London newspapers ignite controversy over Arctic climate change

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 13:44
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The kerfuffle over climate change is heating up anew thanks to relatively cooler temperatures atop the globe that have resulted

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An American architect has won first place in a design journal’s competition for a building plan that’s intended to reverse the melting of Arctic ice caps. This summer, so far, the region's ice extant is declining at a near-average rate. (Derek Pirozzi design courtesy Evolo, Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Giant ‘polar umbrella’ wins design competition

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 09:49
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An American architect has won first place in a design journal’s competition for a building plan that’s intended to reverse

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