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September’s Arctic sea-ice on track for second lowest on record

16 September 201916 September 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alfred-Wegener-Institute, climate change, oceans, research, Science, University of Bremen

September’s Arctic sea-ice extent is the second lowest on record, shows recent data from researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute

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Ottawa must raise funding for climate science or risk falling behind, scientists say

27 June 201928 June 2019 Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, POLICY, research

Inadequate government funding for climate research in Canada is causing highly-qualified climate scientists to leave the country, says a new

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Canada files submission to establish continental shelf outer limits in Arctic Ocean

24 May 201929 May 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Denmark, mapping, research, resources, Russia, Science, United Nations

Canada filed its Arctic continental shelf submission with the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on Thursday,

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Serial ‘hijacker’ targets Arctic journal in another science publication heist

16 May 201917 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Alberta, Arctic research, books, Calgary, crime, cyber crime, hijacked, research, science journal, University of Calgary

The University of Calgary’s journal Arctic is the latest victim of a serial science journal ‘hijacker’ who has targeted dozens

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Canadian Arctic report urges stronger ties with NATO, Indigenous communities, but weak on science, say experts

12 April 201912 April 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, China, environment, Northwest Passage, research, Russia, shipping

The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development presented its report on the Arctic to Canada’s House of Commons

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Russian research vessel heads for High Arctic for sea ice study

26 March 201926 March 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Akademik Tryoshnikov, Franz Josef Land, research, sea ice, Svalbard

It is part of Russia’s preparations for the building of an Arctic research platform to be permanently based in the

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Federal budget promises $700M for Canada’s North over next decade

20 March 201920 March 2019 Alex Brockman, CBC News 1 Comment Bill Morneau, budget, education, First Nations, indigenous, Infrastructure, Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Metis, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, research, Suicide, Yukon

The federal government has promised to spend $700 million over the next 10 years for Canada’s North, with money coming

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Climate change could unleash Greenland sand bonanza, say researchers

13 February 201915 February 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 1 Comment business, construction, exports, glaciers, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, nstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research, research, Science, University of Colorado Boulder

The sediment left behind as climate change melts Greenland’s glaciers could provide unexpected export opportunities for the territory as the

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What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science

11 February 201915 February 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, environment, fishing, hunting, Lapland, Näätämöjoki, Norway, research, Saami, Sami, Science, subsistence

A successful Saami-led, salmon rewilding project on the Näätämö river in Arctic Finland illustrates the success of partnership between Indigenous

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New Arctic shipping database launched by Arctic Council working group

7 February 20198 February 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments academic institutions, ASTD, environment, PAME, pollution, research, sea ice, sustainable development

An Arctic Council working group launched a new shipping database this month that they say will help close ongoing knowledge

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Arctic Council experts tackle black carbon risk posed by wildfires

21 January 201925 January 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Canada, China, climate change, global warming, India, POLICY, pollution, research, Science, weather

Forest fires, important sources of black carbon emissions, devastated Arctic regions around the world in 2018, and are an increasing

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Interactive Canadian ebook seeks to make Arctic climate science accessible

3 December 20187 December 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Churchill, Manitoba, research, Science, sea ice, University of Manitoba

An interactive ebook focused on research in Canada’s Hudson Bay area, and its wider connection to the Arctic, has been

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How Canadian scientists discovered a geothermal source in 1970s rural Iceland

16 November 201816 November 2018 Frances Willick, CBC News 0 Comments Dalhousie, energy, geothermal, Halifax, history, Renewables, research, water

Forty years after researchers from Halifax (Canadian Maritimes) helped drill a hole nearly two kilometres into the ground in rural

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Aging fleet jeopardizing future of ecosystem mapping in Arctic Russia

15 November 201816 November 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, mapping, Murmansk, research, ships, Vilnyus

As one of Russia’s aging marine research vessels burns at port in Murmansk, northwest Russia, scientists warn there is no

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Warm water under Arctic ice a ‘ticking time bomb,’ researcher says

3 September 201830 August 2018 Katie Toth, CBC News 1 Comment Arctic Ocean, climate change, global warming, research, sea ice

A pocket of warm ocean water underneath the surface of the Canada Basin could melt a significant portion of the

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