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Biden administration cancels last leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Biden administration cancels last leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it is canceling the last remaining oil and gas leases in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Those...
Retreating sea ice in Arctic affecting zooplankton behaviour

Retreating sea ice in Arctic affecting zooplankton behaviour

“Particularly when it comes to the topmost 20 metres of the water column, just below the sea ice, there was no available data on...
Canada oil sands carbon capture project struggles to get key contract

Canada oil sands carbon capture project struggles to get key contract

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is struggling to get a key tool in place for major carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, said a representative...
Norwegian oilmen lay out a picture of Svalbard

Norwegian oilmen lay out a picture of Svalbard

Climate crisis and weather havoc notwithstanding, Norway continues to push for expanded oil and gas drilling. Including in its far northern waters. The country’s Petroleum...
Disappearing Alpine Glaciers a Grim Warning to the Arctic

Disappearing Alpine Glaciers a Grim Warning to the Arctic

Dr Matthias Huss, the head of the Swiss glacier monitoring organization GLAMOS, says that climate change has caused glaciers in the Swiss Alps to...
Pauktuutit president recalls ‘eerie’ feeling fleeing Yellowknife

Pauktuutit president recalls ‘eerie’ feeling fleeing Yellowknife

Gerri Sharpe says it felt “eerie” driving through heavy black smoke from wildfires near Enterprise, N.W.T., as she and family evacuated Yellowknife and headed...
Climate change made Eastern Canada wildfires twice as likely, scientists say

Climate change made Eastern Canada wildfires twice as likely, scientists say

LONDON (Reuters) - The fires that tore through the Canadian province of Quebec between May and July were made at least twice as likely...
Deepening Arctic snowpack driving ancient greenhouse gas emissions

Deepening Arctic snowpack driving ancient greenhouse gas emissions

Article from the University of Oulu. Human-caused climate change is altering snow cover in the Arctic; some regions with more, some with less. Using the...
Navy patrol ship in Iqaluit on ‘journey of discovery’

Navy patrol ship in Iqaluit on ‘journey of discovery’

For the 85 sailors aboard the Royal Canadian Navy’s HMCS Harry DeWolf, their work on Operation Nanook is more than just an Arctic security...
Cooler conditions bring some hope as Canada wildfires rage on

Cooler conditions bring some hope as Canada wildfires rage on

(Reuters) -Wildfires ravaging Canada's British Columbia province are showing some signs of easing and the weather conditions should improve through Monday into Tuesday, through...
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