Climate change is driving micro-algae blooms into High Arctic and may affect food chains, says study
Micro-algae blooms at the base of marine food chains are heading north at a rate of one degree of latitude
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Trump signs Alaska-backed bill targeting plastic trash in Ocean
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a bill sponsored by Alaska U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan. It’s called Save
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Binding agreement on Arctic fisheries moratorium officially signed by EU and nine countries
Canada, the European Union and eight other countries signed Wednesday a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three
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Canada announces investments to tackle illegal fishing and discarded fishing gear
The Canadian government is investing $10 million to support the development and deployment of satellite-based technologies that can remotely identify
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Lost fishing gear threatens marine life, says animal rights group
World Animal Protection Canada, a non-profit focused on international animal protection, is urging Canada and all nations to deal with
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Finnish researcher testing plants to purify lakes and seas
An algal bloom the size of a baby’s fist is floating in a dish in a Lahti laboratory, in southern
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Plastic on Svalbard: “I could never believe it was this bad”
Norwegian Coast Guard crew shocked by the amount of plastic waste along the shore at a remote Svalbard island. The
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Scientists puzzled by right whale’s appearance off Iceland
While it has happened before, seeing an Atlantic right whale swimming in waters off of Iceland is still rare. But
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Communities wrestle with shark-bite mystery off Alaskan coast
Sometimes it’s seals with amputated flippers. Or even a sea lion snatched seemingly out of thin air. But for at
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Warming Arctic shrinking Canadian glaciers at alarming rate says study
Arctic glaciers are shrinking at an alarming rate and show no signs of regeneration, says a recent study conducted in
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Swedish raft made from trash draws attention to plastic pollution
A small raft made out of salvaged plastic from Sweden’s west coast sailed the Baltic Sea this week to raise
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Canada ill-prepared for Arctic shipping boom, G7 sustainability summit hears
Canada is woefully unprepared for how Arctic shipping will transform the planet, heard the G7 Arctic Sustainability Summit in Montreal
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Canada invests $1.2 million to help solve mystery of dwindling char numbers in Arctic
Canada’s department of Fisheries and Oceans has announced it will give $1,261,890 over 5 years to help solve the mystery of
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Investors bet on farmed kelp being Alaska’s next seafood export
In the remote waters of Larsen Bay, off the coast of Kodiak Island, an experiment is underway. Two types of
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Arctic Council meeting gets underway in Portland, Maine – Why some experts say we should be paying more attention
PORTLAND, Me. – Pollution, climate resilience and scientific cooperation are just some of the issues the Arctic Council began digging
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