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Ice-Blog: Anthropocene -No ice age – more blizzards?

27 January 201627 January 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Antarctic, Anthropocene, Arctic, climate, CO2, emissions, Greenland, ice age, ocean acidification, PIK, research, Science, Sea level, USA, Warming

If you are sitting somewhere on the East Coast of the USA, struggling to cope with 30 inches of snow,

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Ice-Blog: Greenland ice a chute to rising seas?

7 January 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, CIRES, climate, firn, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, glaciers, Greenland, ice, Machguth, meltwater, research, Science, Sea level, snow, Warming

As I checked through the news agencies to keep tabs on what’s been happening with Greenland as 2016 kicks off,

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

15 December 20155 January 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, Barrow, climate, Climate Change College, COP21, Greenland, Greenpeace, ice, oil, Paris, permafrost, sea ice, snow, UN talks, Warming

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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Ice-Blog: Energy giant sued for climate change

25 November 20155 January 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Andes, climate, emissions, enrgy, fossil fuels, Germanwatch, glaciers, ice, Peru, RWE, UN talks, Warming

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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Ice-Blog:: Arctic residents in hot water

23 November 201520 May 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, AWI, climate, Greenland, ice, research, Science, sea ice, Svalbard, Warming

At the swimming club last weekend, one of my fellow swimmers complained the water was too warm. She said she

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Ice-Blog: Farewell to ‘Last Ice’ victims

6 November 20155 January 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, Barrow, Ben & Jerry's, climate, Climate Change College, ice, Marc Cornelissen, Netherlands, Philip de Roo, research, Science, sea ice, Warming, WWF

Ice Blog readers may remember the story of the two ice researchers and polar explorers who died when they broke

Marc Cornelissen shows climate ambassadors how to drill to measure ice thickness. Alaska, 2008. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)

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Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers

4 May 20155 May 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, Canadian Arctic, climate, Climate Change College, ColdFacts, Cornelissen, De Roo, ice, Last Ice, polar bears, Resolute Bay, sea ice, Warming, WWF

This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow

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Ice-blog: Ice paradoxes from pole to pole

13 April 201516 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Antarctic, Arctic, climate, ice, PIK, Science, sea ice, Sea level, snow, Warming, WWF

Returning after a longish break with little access to news and data, there are several ice and snow stories jumping

The Tromso debate continues: do we need Arctic oil? (Irene Quaile)

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Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve

28 January 201516 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, ANWR, Arctic, Arctic Frontiers, climate, Obama, oil, polar bears, research, tromso, Warming, wildlife

Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and

Tromso: the gateway to the Arctic. (Irene Quaile)

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Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers

22 January 201516 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, Arctic Frontiers, climate, emissions, ice, oil, polar bears, Renewables, Russia, Science, tromso, UN talks, Warming, wildlife

I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the

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Ice-Blog: A good haul for polar night team

19 January 201516 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, Arctic Frontiers, Biodiversity, climate, ice, Norway, Ny Alesund, research, Science, Svalbard, tromso, Warming

The Polar Night cruise will come to an end on Tuesday, when the last of the scientists will leave the

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Ice-blog: Unlocking secrets of the polar night

14 January 201516 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, Arctic Frontiers, climate, Norway, Polar night, polar winter, RV Helmar Hanssen, Science, sea ice, Stig Falk-Petersen, Svalbard, tromso, UiT, Warming

During visits to Arctic research sites in summer, I have experienced first-hand the energy and inspiration that comes from around-the-clock

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

15 December 201416 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, Arctic Institute, AWI, Barrow, Cooper Island, ice, permafrost, polar bears, sea ice, UN talks, Warming, Zackenberg

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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Ice-Blog: From Alaska to Ottawa

11 December 201416 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, ArcticNet, birds, Canada, climate, Cooper Island, Divoky, Ottawa, polar bears, Warming, wildlife

Ottawa has been the setting for “Arctic Change”, another major Arctic conference this week. It is organised by the research

… And the ice continues to melt. (Irene Quaile, Greenland)

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Ice-Blog: Berlin Wall – Hope for Arctic?

14 November 201416 April 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments ADN, Alaska, Arctic, Barrow, Berlin Wall, climate, Craig Medred, PIK, Potsdam Institute, Rahmstorf, Science, sea ice, UN talks, Wadhams, Warming

The statement by veteran Arctic researcher Peter Wadhams that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer as early as 2020