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Blog: International Polar Bear Day – Only rapid emissions reductions can ensure the Arctic icons survive beyond 2100

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, February 26, 2021 at 09:57
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February 27th is International Polar Bear Day. In the rapidly warming Arctic climate, sea ice is declining at record rates, destroying

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Environment (USA) Science Science (USA) USA 

Earth’s ice melt has sped up dramatically in past 30 years

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 25, 2021 at 13:25 — Last Updated: Monday, January 25, 2021 at 13:30
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change

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WMO global temperature update finds 2020 one of three warmest years on record

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 15, 2021 at 14:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 09:49
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The year 2020 shaped up to be one of the three warmest years on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

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Environment Environment (Russia) General RCI Russia 

2020 shaping up to be among warmest years on record says WMO

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 15:05
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This year is shaping up to be among warmest years on record with extreme temperatures observed around the world, including

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Environment Environment (Russia) 

Ice Blog – When the Arctic ice won’t freeze

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, October 30, 2020 at 15:51
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Imagine you head for the North Pole to test your brand-new  giant, state-of-the-art icebreaker – and you can’t find any

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Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Climate change driving food insecurity in First Nations communities while Canada stands by, report says

Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 16:32
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Human Rights Watch criticizes ‘inadequate’ government response to issue, calls for stronger climate targets The federal government is not doing

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

North Pole ice cap too thin for testing Russia’s giant icebreaker

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 10:25
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The Arktika icebreaker will have to undergo a second test-voyage to prove its capabilities to crush thick and hard sea-ice.

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General RCI 

Year-long, international Arctic science expedition comes to an end

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 10:22
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A year-long international Arctic science expedition came to an end on Monday as the German research icebreaker Polarstern returned to

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

The Arctic could soon be ice-free in the summer. Can geoengineering help?

CBC Radio
Posted: Monday, October 5, 2020 at 09:06
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In 2020, Arctic sea ice reached the second lowest level ever recorded It used to be the size of all

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Some polar bears in High Arctic temporarily benefit from thinning ice says study

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, October 2, 2020 at 08:40 — Last Updated: Friday, October 2, 2020 at 08:48
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As climate change threatens the survival of several polar bear populations in the lower Arctic latitudes, thinning sea ice in

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Environment (Norway) Norway 

2020 shaping up to have second lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2020 at 15:09
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This season’s sea-ice extent is soon reaching minimum, with a specially sharp decline north of Svalbard and Russia’s Arctic archipelagos.

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General RCI 

What the Arctic’s transition to a ‘new climate’ looks like

Danielle d'Entremont, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 09:24
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Lawrence Ruben has lived in the Arctic all his life, and is still learning about the changing region. In the

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General RCI 

A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off as Arctic shifts to new climate regime

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 14:36
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A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap, estimated to be some 110 square kilometres, has broken off in the far

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Record-warm Arctic summer fatal to wild reindeer in Russia, say environmentalists

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 17:55 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 18:01
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Temperature records are coming one after another across the Arctic. On the 15th August, Russian meteorologists measured 18,1° Celsius at Cape Sterligov

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Arctic summer sea ice could be gone by 2035, new study forecasts

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 15:17
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The Arctic could be completely ice-free in summers by 2035, according to a new study that compared present-day conditions with

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