Ice-Blog: New report sees Arctic melt on course to tip global climate
Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could
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Polar bear adaptation to ice loss not really working
Polar bears do not seem to be able to find adequate alternative food sources to replenish their diet as they
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Polar bears forced to swim long distances as Arctic ice melts
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the discovery that many polar bears in the Canadian Arctic are making marathon swims of
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Protecting people and polar bears from each other
It is an age old problem but one that has been getting worse with global warming. Polar bears need sea
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Ice-Blog: Can Paris avert threat to cryosphere?
To those of us who work on polar subjects, there is no question about the relevance of the cryosphere to
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Science, politics and the ‘dreaded’ raccoon dog: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers
This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow
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To drill or not to drill? ANWR vs. the Arctic Ocean
President Barack Obama’s decision to support continued exploration in the often ice-choked U.S. Arctic Ocean, while trying to lock up
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Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve
Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and
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Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers
I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Oil – a white elephant?
The conference: Arctic Frontiers has attracted a record number of participants this year and huge media interest. For the first time in
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Blog: #SavetheArctic… from Greenpeace
I take a deep and annoyed breathe every time I see a Greenpeace #SavetheArctic tweet, video, or article. Not because
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Ice-Blog: Santa on Arctic watch, says UN expert
As we come to the end of what looks set to be one of the warmest years on record, there
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Ice-Blog: Arctic investment – still a hot prospect?
As I mentioned in the last post, I talked to various people about the current state of interest in the Arctic,
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