Surge in boreal wildfires may—surprisingly—slow Arctic warming: study
Massive wildfires burning in northern Canada and Siberia this season are putting smoke into the atmosphere that is travelling as
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Siberia
No breakthrough in Ukraine-Russia peace talks after Arctic, Siberia and far east attack
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met Monday in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over
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Young mammoth remains discovered in Siberian permafrost after roughly 50,000 years
Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after
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35,000-year-old sabre-toothed kitten found preserved in Arctic Russia
A sabre-toothed kitten more than 35,000 years old has been found preserved in the Siberian permafrost, with the scientists behind
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Ramishvili and his Nordic colleagues all summoned over Navalny death
The killing of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, who died in a Siberian prison camp last week, triggers strong diplomatic reactions.
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Russia’s Navalny tracked down to ‘Polar Wolf’ prison in the Arctic
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, his
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Blog: An Air India flight diverted to Magadan. It took off, but sanctions are leaving Siberians without planes
Almost a decade ago, following the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, I wrote about one of the worst-case scenarios
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Russia kicks off strategic aviation exercise over the Barents Sea ahead of next week’s NATO Summit
A large area from the eastern Barents Sea to the Ural Mountains is now closed off for civilian aviation as
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Melting permafrost may release industrial pollutants at Arctic sites: study
There are thousands of contaminated sites in the Arctic, and as permafrost thaws, increased pollutants from these areas could be
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New exhibition features 2000 years of Inuit art from Canada, Alaska, Greenland & Siberia
An ambitious new exhibition is opening April 1 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq in Canada that showcases the evolution of
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Lonely Lavrov invites Arctic colleagues to Siberia, but no one will come
It was late last fall Sergey Lavrov sent the official invitation for the bi-annual ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council.
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2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island
Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing
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Air pollution expected to increase as climate warms, says WMO
A global increase in heatwaves, and the associated environmental conditions giving rise to longer and more intense wildfires, could negatively
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Thawing Arctic will reveal more mummified creatures, brings new risks
By Laura McQuillan · CBC News Millions of tonnes of carbon and methane, trapped in permafrost for thousands of years, could be
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Blog: Russia’s Arctic gas is funding the war in Ukraine
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the seven other member states of the Arctic Council have hit a “pause”
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