Acidification takes toll on Beaufort Sea
With their low temperatures that hold onto the carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere, their shallow depths, their rich supply
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U.S. to collect Arctic data for modern navigational charts
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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Gazprom, Lukoil in Arctic alliance
The two companies will support each other in bids for offshore projects and together counter the power of Rosneft. A
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IMO completes Polar Code, regulating Arctic and Antarctic shipping
Starting in 2017, it will be illegal for shippers to dump oil, oily waste or noxious materials into Arctic or
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Whaling group investigating report of bowhead calf taken in spring hunt
BETHEL – A report that a whaling crew from the village of Point Hope killed a bowhead calf will be
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Most luxury cruise liners still dumping sewage in Baltic Sea
The international cruise season in the Baltic has just begun, and several hundreds of thousands of cruise tourists are expected
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Arctic-spanning fiber-optic project moves ahead in Alaska
Alaskans are playing a bigger role in an international project that seeks to link Europe and Asia with a fiber-optic cable
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New icebreakers open way for Russia in Arctic
Russia is building an armada of new icebreakers which will substantially strengthen its presence in Arctic waters. The higher the ambitions
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Russia protests drilling in Svalbard zone
Russia believes Norway is violating the Svalbard Treaty when the Norwegian government opens three blocks for oil drilling in the
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Security expert: “Russia seeks to block Baltic energy independence”
Sweden is making diplomatic protests following repeated disruptions by Russian warships of cable-laying work in the Baltic – an action
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Sunken Soviet submarines threaten massive radioactive contamination
While Russia’s naval yard in Severodvinsk is busy like never before in Post-Soviet times with construction of new submarines, two
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U.S. agency explains report on Arctic oil spills
Inside a thick government report on the impact of off-shore oil leasing in the Chukchi Sea is a phrase that grabs the
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Oil spills surprisingly common in Finland, but cleanup dependent on volunteers
About 2,000 oil spills a year take place in Finland, the large majority of which only leak small amounts of
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Microplastics new threat to Baltic
There’s a new ecological concern about the troubled Baltic Sea. A report says there’s a threat now from substances found
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March’s Arctic ice extent was lowest on record for the month
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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