arctic

Arctic warming threatens wider world with rising seas – US report

By Timothy Gardner and Daniel Trotta The Arctic experienced the warmest summer on record this year, contributing to extraordinary wildfires and melting glaciers while threatening the rest of the world…

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Russia threatens retaliation against Norway over access to Arctic islands

Russia said that restrictions imposed by Norway were blocking goods for Russian-populated settlements on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, and threatened unspecified "retaliatory measures" unless Oslo resolves the issue. Svalbard,…

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Largest Arctic Ozone hole has now closed – CAMS

Scientists monitoring the "unprecedented" hole at the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) announced the closure of the largest Arctic ozone hole ever recorded. https://twitter.com/CopernicusECMWF/status/1253273035248975873 Ozone columns over large parts of the Arctic have…

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Cold weather expected in Southern Italy

A cold snap will hit the centre and south of Italy at the weekend. Italian news agency ANSA quoted 3bmeteo.com meteorologist Edoardo Ferrara saying that an Arctic front is set…

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Russians to be offered free plots of land in the Arctic

Russians will be able to obtain plots of land in Russia's Arctic free of charge to build homes and set up businesses under a draft law drawn up by the…

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Russia’s Nornickel reports another fuel leak in Arctic

Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel said on Sunday that around 45 tonnes of aviation fuel had leaked from its pipeline in the Arctic. Arctic environment security has been in the…

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NASA Study Reveals Arctic Ice Melt Is Changing Ocean Currents

A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, a new study from NASA shows. The current is part…

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The economic and geopolitics of the Arctic Challenge – Lawrence Zammit

Recently people in Iceland met to mourn the death of a glacier, called Okjokull. The glacier was estimated to be 700 years old. It is estimated that over the next…

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Scientists find plastic microbeads in remote Arctic ice

Even in the Arctic, microscopic particles of plastic are falling out of the sky with snow, a study has found. The scientists said they were shocked by the sheer number…

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