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Ice-Blog: Arctic Council – 20 years in a warming world

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 17:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 17:38
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Twenty years does not really seem like a long time. But when it comes to climate change in the Arctic, the

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Translating COP21 from intent into action… is time running out?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 13:58
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After all the hype surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement in December, there is a real danger of anti-climax, of feeling

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Arctic sea ice, Greenland and Europe’s weird weather

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 14:11
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As I write this, I am sitting in a short-sleeved shirt with the window open, enjoying an unusually warm start

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Arctic climate – positive narrative?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, December 18, 2015 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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As 2015 draws to a close, the NOAA report card on the state of the Arctic and a substantial new

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Blog Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Ice-Blog: Paris – A COP-out for Arctic Peoples?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 14:43 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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On a recent edition of DW’s Living Planet programme, Lakeidra Chavis reported on the effect of melting permafrost on indigenous

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Blog Environment General Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Can Paris avert threat to cryosphere?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 19:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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To those of us who work on polar subjects, there is no question about the relevance of the cryosphere to

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Blog Canada Environment (Canada) 

Ice-Blog: Energy giant sued for climate change

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 19:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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For the first time ever in Europe, a company is being sued for causing climate change. Essen, in Germany’s famous

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Blog Environment General Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Polar ice set for six-metre sea level rise?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, July 13, 2015 at 18:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 20:02
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Small increases in global average temperature may eventually lead to sea level rise of six metres or more, according to

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The tugs Aiviq and Nanuq tow the mobile drilling unit Kulluk 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska on Dec. 29, 2012. (Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis / United States Coast Guard / AP)
Blog Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA 

Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – still in the picture

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, February 2, 2015 at 19:21 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Was it too good to be true? The euphoria over the US administration’s moves to protect the Arctic National Wildlife

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Tromso: the gateway to the Arctic. (Irene Quaile)
Blog Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 20:47 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the

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Blog Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Ice-Blog: Arctic investment – still a hot prospect?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2014 at 16:34 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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As I mentioned in the last post, I talked to various people about the current state of interest in the Arctic,

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Melting… (I.Quaile)
Blog Environment General 

Ice-Blog: Arctic icon in decline

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, November 24, 2014 at 19:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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As I plan my coverage of this year’s annual UN climate conference, this time in Peru, a news item from WWF pops

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… And the ice continues to melt. (Irene Quaile, Greenland)
Blog Environment General Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Berlin Wall – Hope for Arctic?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, November 14, 2014 at 17:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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The statement by  veteran Arctic researcher Peter Wadhams that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer as early as 2020

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Ice Blogger’s trip to Point Barrow in 2008. (Irene Quaile)
Blog Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Ice-Blog: Can UN and EU take the heat off Alaska?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2014 at 20:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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It is with a heavy heart that I write this first blog post since my holiday, catching up with the

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US icon sinking in melting ice? The photo was taken in the Arctic Ocean northwest of Svalbard the 7th of September 2014. (Christian Auslund / Greenpeace)
Blog Environment Environment (USA) Special Features USA 

Ice-Blog: The Arctic on the UN agenda

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for

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