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2016, warmest year on record in Russian Arctic

3 February 20173 February 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, ice, Norway, Science, Warming

«These kind of temperatures have never before been registered in the region», the country’s Hydrometeorological Center says.

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Ice-Blog: Can environmentalists trump Trump’s climate plans?

2 December 20162 December 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, climate, emissions, NASA, research, satellite, Science, sea ice, Trump, USA, Warming

When it comes to the latest data on the state of the Arctic sea ice, the Greenland ice sheet or

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Ice-Blog: New report sees Arctic melt on course to tip global climate

28 November 201628 November 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, climate, emissions, ice, media, NASA, polar bears, research, resilience, Science, sea ice, Svalbard, Trump, Warming

Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could

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Blog: Greenland ice holds Cold War peril

26 September 201626 September 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 1 Comment Arctic, Camp Century, climate, Cold War, emissions, Greenland, ice, nuclear, permafrost, research, Science, Sea level, toxic waste, USA, Warming

It sounds like something from a science-fiction novel or a disaster movie. A hidden city under ice, housing 200 people,

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

20 September 201620 September 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments China, climate, emissions, EU, ice, Norway, oil, Science, sea ice, tromso, UN talks, USA, Warming

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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Ice-Blog: German research station celebrates birthday in Arctic Norway

15 August 201615 August 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, AWI, AWIPEV, glaciers, ice, Norway, Ny Alesund, research, Science, Warming

25 years ago, Germany set up its own Arctic research station in the tiny settlement of Ny Alesund, in the

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Ice-Blog: Alpine ice – no more than a memory? New archive of ice cores

7 August 20165 August 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alps, climate, glaciers, ice, Ny Alesund, ocean acidification, Protecting Ice Memory, research, Science, Svalbard, Warming

It was with mixed feelings that I read an article drawn to my attention by a colleague earlier in the

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Ice-Blog: Hottest year – scary, but not for Arctic shippers from China?

26 July 201626 July 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments China, climate, emissions, ice, rctic, shipping, Warming, weather, WMO

As I sit in my Bonn office between thunderstorms in a week where we reached a record 36 degrees Celsius

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Ice-Blog: Can we halt Arctic melt? Hard question for UN advisor

8 July 20168 July 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, Avery, Ban Ki-moon, Bonn, climate, emissions, ocean, ocean acidification, Science, Sea level, UN, Universität Bonn, Warming, Woodshole

I had a very interesting high-profile visitor here at Deutsche Welle this week. Bonn, John Le Carré’s “Small Town in

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Ice-Blog: Why Brexit bodes ill for the Arctic

27 June 201627 June 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, Brexit, climate, permafrost, research, Science, Svalbard, UK, Warming

Today’s Ice Blog post was going to be about permafrost, with the the International Conference on Permafrost drawing to a

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

24 May 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments #SB44, ACT, Arctic, Bonn, climate, Egyptian goose, emissions, energy transition, EU, fossil fuels, Greenland, Greenpeace, ice, Paris Agreement, Renewables, UN, UN talks, UNFCCC, Warming, weather

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

12 May 201612 May 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments ADN, AMS, Arctic Frontiers, Bonn, climate, Duarte, emissions, Greenland, Guardian, ice, Independent, International Journal of Climatology, James Hansen, research, Rutgers, Science, sea ice, Sea level, tromso, UN talks, UNFCCC, Warming

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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Ice-Blog: Time to cruise the Northwest Passage?

30 March 201620 May 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, Arctic Frontiers, Arctic Institute, climate, emissions, Greenland, ice, Malte Humpert, Northern Sea Route, Northwest Passage, Norway, oil, sea ice, Suez Canal, Svalbard, tromso, Warming

When I came across a story about a sold-out cruise through the North-West Passage planned for this summer on a

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Ice-Blog: Arctic future – not so permafrost

21 March 201621 March 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic Council, Arctic Science Summit Week, AWI, climate, CO2, emissions, Fairbanks, Greenland, permafrost, research, Science, USA, Warming, Zackenberg

“A glance into the future of the Arctic” was the title of a press release I received from theAlfred Wegener

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Ice-Blog: Record permafrost erosion in Alaska bodes ill for Arctic infrastructure

1 February 20164 February 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, AWI, Barrow, climate, erosion, Greenland, ice, permafrost, research, Russia, Science, USA, Warming

Sitting in my office on the banks of the river Rhine, I am trying to imagine what would happen if

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