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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NOAA, Coast Guard team up to re-survey Arctic waters
As Arctic commerce heats up, more ships are expected to pass by the Aleutian Islands, through the Bering Strait and north
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Supply barge adrift in the Arctic for months
A Canadian company’s supply barge which has been floating loose around the Arctic since last October, is now just off
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Arctic sea ice ‘thinning dramatically’, study finds
The Arctic sea ice is thinning at a steadier and faster rate than researchers previously thought, a new study based
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Targeted Arctic lease sales could ward off conflicts says U.S. agency
A fresh new five-year plan for oil and gas leasing in the nation’s outer continental shelf features what federal officials hope will
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Massive oil spill outside Gothenburg, Sweden
A large oil spill was discovered in Gothenburg, Sweden Wednesday afternoon. The emergency services and the coast guard are trying
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Environment, oil and Russia’s military: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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Ice-Blog: Sharing Arctic ocean data
This week I had an interesting conversation with Professor Karen Wiltshire, who is deputy director of Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute for
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Climate change will lead to ecosystem clash
New research shows that species from the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans soon will start to mix. This could have
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Alaska: Bristol Bay sockeye’s prey quality affected by ocean temperature
Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike.
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ARCTREX tests Arctic oil spill tracking techniques
Offshore oil and gas exploration has become increasingly prominent over the past several years. But, questions remain about how effective
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Harbor seals on the rebound in Sweden
Harbor seals are making a comeback in Sweden. According to the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, the number
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Huge amount of oxygen-rich water flows into Baltic
The past few weeks have seen the largest amount of salt water for decades flow into the Baltic Sea from
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