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Climate change threatens security and industry, Russian PM says

24 September 2019 9 h 57 min — 24 September 2019 9 h 59 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment climate change, disasters, Dmitry Medvedev, global warming, Paris Agreement, permafrost

This week, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a government decree on the Paris Agreement. “The participation in this process

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Super salty water in northern Alaska helping scientists learn about conditions for life in space

5 August 2019 10 h 40 min Emily Blake, CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, permafrost, space, Utqiaġvik

New Arctic research is offering something different to ponder when stargazing at celestial bodies. It points to a possible connection

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Shifting ground threatening homes in this Northern Canadian community

29 July 2019 9 h 42 min Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, Fort Good Hope, global warming, Infrastructure, Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, NWT, permafrost

Margaret and Edward Kelly’s home is coming apart at the seams. The joints holding their walls, floors and ceilings together

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How climate change is thawing the ‘glue that holds the northern landscape together’ in Arctic Canada

19 June 2019 9 h 45 min — 29 July 2019 9 h 37 min Susan Ormiston, Mia Sheldon, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, Infrastructure, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, NWT, permafrost, Tuktoyaktuk

In one of the coldest places in Canada, Steve Kokelj is searching for Arctic thaw. He’s driving the great Dempster

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Permafrost degradation spreads in Canadian High Arctic

24 May 2019 14 h 37 min — 7 June 2019 14 h 54 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments climate change, global warming, Nunavut, permafrost

Polar deserts in Canada’s High Arctic are undergoing rapid changes as increases in summer air temperatures lead to permafrost thaw,

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Northwestern Canada: How scientists discovered summers are hottest in over 13,000 years

15 April 2019 16 h 11 min Alexandra Byers, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, permafrost, Yukon

It was a warm day in late June 2013, and Trevor Porter was up the Dempster Highway, just past Tombstone

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Canadian Arctic is warmest it’s been in 10,000 years: study

12 April 2019 9 h 39 min — 12 April 2019 16 h 36 min CBC News 0 Comments climate change, glaciers, global warming, permafrost, Yukon

New research suggests Canada’s Arctic is the warmest it has been in 10,000 years — and the temperatures are still

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Transport Canada pledges funding for permafrost research

13 February 2019 16 h 43 min Philippe Morin, CBC News 0 Comments airports, Infrastructure, Nunavut, permafrost, roads, Transport Canada, Yukon

Scientists working in Canada’s North are getting more funds to study thawing permafrost and its effects, especially when it comes

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New climate report predicts extreme warming for Arctic Svalbard by 2100

4 February 2019 16 h 37 min — 5 February 2019 9 h 30 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment climate change, global warming, Longyearbyen, permafrost, Svalbard

A new grim climate report outlines how thawing permafrost combined with more heavy rainfall will trigger landslides and coastal erosion

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Moscow tries to adapt to a fast-warming Arctic

4 January 2019 9 h 55 min — 4 January 2019 13 h 22 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments adaptation, climate change, global warming, Northern Sea Route, permafrost, Roshydromet

A global heatwave is gaining force and the Russian government appears to acknowledge that its Arctic will be among the

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Thawing permafrost melts ground under homes and around Global Seed Vault in Svalbard

10 October 2018 8 h 30 min — 12 October 2018 16 h 23 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, global warming, Infrastructure, Longyearbyen, permafrost, seed vault, Svalbard

Houses are sagging in Longyearbyen and the unstable ground around the famous seed vault is now frozen artificially while the

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Arctic coastal town of Dikson is fastest-warming place in Russia

3 October 2018 10 h 53 min — 3 October 2018 11 h 02 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, Dikson, global warming, Infrastructure, Kara Sea, permafrost, Taymyr peninsula

The town of Dikson and the surrounding Taymyr Peninsula, in Russia’s central Arctic, has the most rapid temperature increase in

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Permafrost thawing under Arctic lakes warming climate faster than expected, says study

4 September 2018 14 h 48 min Emily Blake, CBC News 2 Comments Alaska, climate change, emissions, global warming, Katey Walter Anthony, lakes, permafrost, thermokarst lakes

Permafrost that’s thawing deep under some Arctic lakes is speeding up climate warming. That’s according to a recent study led

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Canadian study shows wildfires speeding up permafrost thaw

22 August 2018 16 h 38 min — 24 August 2018 13 h 56 min CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, ecosystems, forest fires, Northwest Territories, NWT, permafrost, wildfires

As wildfires are growing larger across northern Canada a new study suggests they’re causing permafrost to thaw faster. The study

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Gas pipelines threatened by methane explosions on Russian tundra

26 July 2017 14 h 24 min — 27 July 2017 12 h 32 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, methane, permafrost, research, tundra, Yamal peninsula

Gas pipes supplying Europe run right over swelling Yamal tundra which is deeply unstable to the release of underground methane.

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