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WMO global temperature update finds 2020 one of three warmest years on record

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 15, 2021 at 14:22
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The year 2020 shaped up to be one of the three warmest years on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

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Blog Canada Countries Environment 

Blog – 2021: Future doesn’t just happen – It’s what we make it

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 14:26 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 14:38
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As I started work on this post, on December 23rd the thermometer here in north-western Germany showed 14° Celsius. I’ve

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General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Blog – The road to Reykjavik and a look ahead at Arctic governance in 2021

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Friday, December 11, 2020 at 14:31
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The last quarter of 2020 has witnessed a flurry of activity in the area of Arctic governance and cooperation, including

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Blog Environment 

Blog – Some gloom when it comes to Arctic climate, but also a promise of progress

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 13:12 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 14:44
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On November 23, Germany’s public service broadcaster ARD dedicated its prime viewing time after the evening news to the Arctic,

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Environment Environment (Russia) General RCI Russia 

2020 shaping up to be among warmest years on record says WMO

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 15:05
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This year is shaping up to be among warmest years on record with extreme temperatures observed around the world, including

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Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) RCI 

Arctic Council’s work on track despite pandemic, now gearing up for 2021 ministerial, says ambassador & SAO

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2020 at 10:11
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The Arctic Council senior Arctic officials plenary meeting wound up on Thursday with current chair Iceland praising the forum’s ability

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In this July 18, 2011 photo, an Inuit fisherman pulls in a fish on a sea filled with floating ice left over from broken-up icebergs shed from the Greenland ice sheet in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)
Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

Greenland accedes to UN treaty against mercury pollution

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 16:00
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Greenland has acceded to the UN treaty against mercury pollution, the government said on Wednesday. “The supply of mercury to

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Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Microplastic pollution in Antarctic waters mirrors rates in North Atlantic and Mediterranean

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, October 26, 2020 at 15:42
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Microplastics have been identified in Antarctic waters at rates that mirror the amounts found in oceans elsewhere in the world,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General RCI 

Year-long, international Arctic science expedition comes to an end

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 10:22
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A year-long international Arctic science expedition came to an end on Monday as the German research icebreaker Polarstern returned to

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

As sea-ice reaches record low, Arctic shipping reaches new high

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 14:43
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Never before have this big volumes been transported along the Russian Arctic shipping route. According to the Russian Federal Agency

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

Greenland losing ice faster this century than any previous one in last 12,000 years, says study

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 13:19
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Researchers say findings reaffirm need for humans to curb greenhouse gas emissions Humans have to slow down greenhouse gas emissions

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Environment (Norway) Norway 

2020 shaping up to have second lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2020 at 15:09
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This season’s sea-ice extent is soon reaching minimum, with a specially sharp decline north of Svalbard and Russia’s Arctic archipelagos.

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Environment (USA) RCI USA 

How sub-Arctic seas are influencing the Arctic Ocean and what it’s telling us about climate change

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 11:15
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The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are driving changes in Arctic waters in more complex ways than previously recorded and are

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

Greenland and Denmark finalize cooperation agreement on marine pollution response

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 14:47
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Greenland and Denmark have made an agreement on environmental preparedness to better respond to environmental incidents in northern waters. The

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

New guideline launched for Arctic-specific risk assessment in shipping

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2020 at 15:41
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A new Arctic-specific risk assessment tool for shipping has been released, something that the international experts behind it hope will

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