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ELLESMERE ISLAND, CANADA - MARCH 29: Sea ice is seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft on March 29, 2017 above Ellesmere Island, Canada. The ice fields of Ellesmere Island are retreating due to warming temperatures. NASA's Operation IceBridge has been studying how polar ice has evolved over the past nine years and is currently flying a set of eight-hour research flights over ice sheets and the Arctic Ocean to monitor Arctic ice loss aboard a retrofitted 1966 Lockheed P-3 aircraft. According to NASA scientists and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), sea ice in the Arctic appears to have reached its lowest maximum wintertime extent ever recorded on March 7. Scientists have said the Arctic has been one of the regions hardest hit by climate change.
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Inland caribou herds aren’t recovering, report says

Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2025 at 15:49
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By Rachel Cassandra The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from capturing carbon to releasing it, which means it’s now

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New Greenland fossil discovery unveils ancient tundra, clues to sea level rise

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2024 at 15:18
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New research reveals that central Greenland was once covered by flourishing tundra— not always an ice sheet—offering new insights into

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Red alert for northern Siberia as heat shocks threaten tundra life

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 16:46
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New temperature maps for the endless stretches of Russian Arctic lands bear witness of unprecedented warming. April 2020 follows in

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Environment (Russia) General Russia Science 

Gas pipelines threatened by methane explosions on Russian tundra

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 14:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 12:32
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Gas pipes supplying Europe run right over swelling Yamal tundra which is deeply unstable to the release of underground methane.

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

‘The permafrost is dying’: Alaska city sees increased shifting of roads and buildings

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 16:17
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BETHEL — Along the main thoroughfare here, drivers brake for warped asphalt. Houses sink unevenly into the ground. Walls crack and

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Arctic soils are set to release a lot of carbon – probably more than local plants can absorb

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 03:57
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As temperatures have risen in the Arctic and worldwide, so have worries about how much carbon might stream into the atmosphere

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General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Reindeer herds grow on Russian tundra

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 00:30
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The number of reindeer on Nenets tundra is up by more than 270,000 in 15 years The territories are huge.

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Extreme heat on the Russian tundra

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 22, 2016 at 14:44 — Last Updated: Friday, July 22, 2016 at 14:53
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If this is the new trend, it will dramatically affect ecology in the region, researchers say. A state of emergency

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

As temperatures climb, so do the shrubs on Alaska’s mountainsides

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, April 4, 2016 at 17:11
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Devotees of Wolverine Peak, an Anchorage mountain with a well-used hiking trail, might feel like it takes them longer than

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
Environment Environment (USA) General Special Features USA 

2007 Arctic Alaska fire sparked permafrost thaw

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, November 9, 2015 at 16:09 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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The biggest wildfire to burn on treeless Arctic tundra triggered a dramatic permafrost thaw that unfolded over several years, new research

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Radar stations are under construction in the Russian district of Vorkuta and in the Arctic Murmansk region. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Russian republics unite against oil spills

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 at 13:23 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 18:53
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Following a number of accidents, Russia’s Nenets and Komi regional authorities are taking joint action to preventing harm to vulnerable

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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