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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Bering Sea ice at lowest extent in at least 5,500 years, study says

Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 14:09
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There is less sea ice in the Bering Sea now than at any time in at least 5,500 years. That’s

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Ice-free Arctic summers likely by 2050, even with climate action: study

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 11:27
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Much of the Arctic Ocean will become ice-free during summers by 2050 even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced sharply,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Global ocean temperatures hit new record highs in 2019 causing devastating effects in the Arctic

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 18:58
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World ocean temperatures in 2019 were the highest ever recorded in human history, reflecting the speed at which our planet

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway RCI 

Methane emissions in Arctic Ocean have long been overestimated, study claims

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 18:30
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A new study from UiT The Arctic University of Norway revealed that estimates of methane emissions released from the Arctic

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Meteorologists should watch the tropics rather than the Arctic to predict extreme cold in North America, study says

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019 at 18:15
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Meteorologists often look at the behaviour of the polar vortex to predict extreme cold events in North America, but the

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Canada Science Science (Canada) 

Beluga whales could carry a molecule preventing mercury poisoning

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2019 at 18:59
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Could the belugas of Northern Quebec hold the key to preventing mercury intoxication in local Inuit communities? This is what

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Oldest Arctic sea ice vanishes twice as fast as rest of region, study shows

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 17:02 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 17:07
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As the Earth warms up, the Arctic Ocean’s year-round ice cover is reducing at an alarming rate. Over the past

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

D-vitamin deficiency during pregnancy, including lack of sun, could raise baby’s MS risk

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 15:40
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A new dissertation claims that expecting mothers who do not get enough vitamin D could double the likelihood that their

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Medicine will cut ‘shocking’ lung infections in Inuit babies

Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 13:12
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Indigenous babies in parts of Canada’s north have the highest rates of serious lung infection in the world, research shows.

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Science Science (Canada) 

Greening of Arctic, browning of boreal forest

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 16:59
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Scientists and residents of Canada’s far north have been noting changes in the Arctic for many years: more plants, more shrubs

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