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Emma Thompson Teams Greenpeace Save Arctic
2014-08-13 21:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson has long been known for her activism related to AIDS, refugees and poverty. She`s also a dedicated environmental activist who is currently in the Arctic Ocean with a Greenpeace Save the Arctic expedition. Thompson was interviewed from the Arctic by Thom Hartman about the work she and her fellow travelers are doing there, such as cleaning up plastic from beaches, how she became an environmental activist and what people can do to assist in Greenpeace`s efforts....
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Rosneft and ExxonMobil start drilling in the Arctic Kara Sea
2014-08-12 11:30:11| Green Car Congress
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Greenpeace icebreaker Arctic Sunrise arrives in Netherlands
2014-08-12 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has arrived in Beverwijk, near Amsterdam in the Netherlands, after being held in captivity in Russia for nearly a year.
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Rapid rise in Arctic temperatures to blame for worlds extreme weather
2014-08-11 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Scientists have linked the rapid rise in Arctic temperatures over the past two decades to weather extremes in the northern hemisphere such as heatwaves in the US and flooding in Europe. Temperatures in the Arctic have risen twice as fast as the rest of the world since 2000, and this could have triggered changes to global wind patterns, which have brought extreme weather to lower latitudes, the researchers said. A study has found that the number of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves,...
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Canada deploys two icebreakers for survey on Arctic Continental Shelf Submission
2014-08-11 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The Canadian Government has dispatched two icebreakers on a scientific survey to accumulate data required for Canada's Arctic continental shelf submission.
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