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Study shows microplastics can migrate to whale and dolphin tissue

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 16:00
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New research indicates that microplastics don’t just get ingested into marine mammal’s digestive tracts, but can migrate into their tissue.

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Marine ecosystem off Southeast Greenland may have crossed tipping point, says study

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, November 21, 2022 at 16:04
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The marine ecosystem off southeast Greenland may have crossed an important tipping point and entered a new regime, says research published

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Warming waters could force Arctic whales further north, research suggests

Jane George, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 19, 2022 at 14:47
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Big changes could lie ahead for the ranges of whales like narwhals, bowheads and belugas that rely on cold water and sea ice,

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Denmark/Greenland Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General Science 

Bizarre skull belongs to first known beluga-narwhal hybrid

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 21, 2019 at 11:18
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Modern DNA technology has confirmed a strange-looking whale skull with weird, twisted teeth collected by a hunter decades ago belongs

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Alaska communities worry about military drill’s environmental impacts

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 10:07
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The Northern Edge military exercises are underway across huge sections of Southcentral and Interior Alaska. The Navy has a larger

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Canada General News Science Science (Canada) 

Narwhals have survived 1 million years despite low genetic diversity: study

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 11:52 — Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2019 at 12:08
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The narwhal has survived as a species for one million years, despite having low genetic diversity — a discovery that

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Southcentral Alaska: In death, beached humpack whale offers clues, research samples, food

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 16:34
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A humpback whale that beached in Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage near Girdwood, in southcentral Alaska, has died. Biologists say

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Icelandic whale sanctuary can’t offer safe haven to beluga freed from harness

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 15:05 — Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 16:31
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A whale sanctuary in Iceland will not be able to provide safe haven to a lonely beluga whale freed last

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Beluga whale freed from mysterious harness delights residents of Arctic Norwegian town

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 14:11
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A genial beluga whale freed from a mysterious harness by Norwegian fishermen and fisheries officials off the coast of northern

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Friendly beluga whale with mysterious harness raises alarm in Norway

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 13:54
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A friendly beluga whale freed from a mysterious harness by Norwegian fishermen is raising alarm and questions about the potential

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Effects on narwhal must be clarified before expanding iron ore mine in Arctic Canada

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2019 at 14:16
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The Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation wants to expand production at its iron ore mine on northern Baffin Island, in Canada’s

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Narwhals pictured above in the Canadian Arctic. Their tusks can sell for several thousand dollars. (Kristin Laidre/NOAA/AP)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Conservation group calls for more research into effects of mine shipping noise on narwhal in Arctic Canada

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 16:28 — Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 16:31
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A Canadian conservation group says more research into the impact of vessel traffic on narwhal and other marine life is

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Sperm whales in Canadian High Arctic sign of shifting ecosystem, says scientist

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 5, 2018 at 15:43 — Last Updated: Monday, November 5, 2018 at 15:44
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Two sperm whales spotted near Pond Inlet, Nunavut, are a sign of underlying shifts in the High Arctic ecosystem, according

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Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland News 

Scientists puzzled by right whale’s appearance off Iceland

Gail Harding, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 27, 2018 at 15:23 — Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2018 at 15:51
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While it has happened before, seeing an Atlantic right whale swimming in waters off of Iceland is still rare. But

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Beluga tour operators in Northern Canada decry new rules protecting marine mammals

Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, July 20, 2018 at 15:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 09:28
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Tour operators in the northern town of Churchill, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, say new government rules to protect

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