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September’s Arctic sea-ice on track for second lowest on record

16 September 201916 September 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alfred-Wegener-Institute, climate change, oceans, research, Science, University of Bremen

September’s Arctic sea-ice extent is the second lowest on record, shows recent data from researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute

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U.S. ratifies moratorium on fishing in High Arctic seas

27 August 201930 August 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic Ocean, diplomacy, fisheries, fishing, indigenous, Inuit, oceans

The United States has become the fourth jurisdiction after Canada, the European Union and Russia to ratify a landmark international

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Canada’s PM announces new marine conservation area in eastern Arctic

1 August 20195 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Lancaster Sound, marine conservation area, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, oceans, Tallurutiup Imanga

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to create a new protected area off of Nunavut coast, in the Canadian

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Warnings in Sweden about dangerous bacteria in Baltic Sea

29 July 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments bacteria, Baltic Sea, climate change, disease, oceans, Water pollution

Last year, a record number of people in Sweden were infected by the water-bourne bacteria Vibrio, which can cause serious

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Research mission aims to better understand climate change in Arctic Canada

5 July 2019 Paul Withers, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, Hudson Bay, Nunavut, oceans, Paleontology, wildlife

Scientists are loading a converted crab fishing boat in Dartmouth, N.S., in Atlantic Canada, with sophisticated instruments for a mission

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U.S. House calls for more research on ocean acidification

10 June 201914 June 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Congress, legislation, oceans, wildlife

The U.S. House last week passed four bills aimed at beefing up research on ocean acidification. “To have four bills

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Canada ratifies international moratorium on commercial fishing in the High Arctic

31 May 201931 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic Ocean, fisheries, fishing, indigenous, Inuit, oceans

Canada has ratified an international accord that will protect nearly three million square kilometres of the Central Arctic Ocean from

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Invasive species: Fisheries and Oceans Canada has no mandate in Arctic, audit finds

11 April 201912 April 2019 Katie Toth, CBC News 0 Comments Department of Fisheries and Oceans, invasive species, oceans, rivers, wildlife

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s main program to handle invasive species does not have a mandate in the

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Environmentalists seek solutions to ghost net problem in Baltic Sea

22 March 201922 March 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments Baltic Sea, fishing, oceans, plastics, Water pollution

Fishing gear that’s been lost in bad weather, dumped or simply left behind makes up 10 percent of the debris

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The island that disappeared in Arctic Russia

22 February 201922 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, Franz Josef Land, global warming, oceans, Perlamutrovy island

It was discovered in the early 20th century and has since been part of all maps of the Arctic. But

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Industry launches campaign to free oceans from plastic… how serious is it?

19 February 201919 February 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Dan Sullivan, oceans, plastics, US Senate, Water pollution

The plastics industry has a new billion-dollar campaign to get plastic trash out of the ocean, and to reduce the

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Canada’s Inuit make voices heard on Arctic shipping routes

6 February 20196 February 2019 Jackie McKay, CBC News 0 Comments animals, food security, hunting, indigenous, Inuit, marine mammals, Navigation, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, oceans, rivers, shipping, wildlife

For the first time, Inuit communities are making recommendations to the Canadian government about how they want ships to move

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Urgent action needed to protect Arctic Ocean, WWF says

1 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Ocean, climate change, ecosystems, energy, fossil fuels, oceans, Peter Winsor, World Wildlife Fund

There is dramatic urgency in this matter, says Peter Winsor, Arctic program director at the World Wildlife Fund. Winsor, who

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Report blasts Norway’s oil regulator for poor safety on Norwegian shelf

16 January 201916 January 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, Eni, gas, Goliat, oceans, offshore drilling, oil, Petroleum Safety Authority

The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority gets serious criticism for its followup of security in Norwegian waters. A new report (in

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Satellite imagery illuminates ice conditions around communities in Canada’s east-Arctic

10 December 2018 CBC News 0 Comments Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, hunting, Kugluktuk, Nunavut, oceans, satellites, sea ice, technology

Inuit in Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven, in the territory of Nunavut, are getting a clearer picture of sea-ice

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