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Arctic finance initiative to invest in projects that cut pollution and waste
2014-03-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A new financial initiative that will fund operations working to prevent and mitigate pollution of the Arctic has been launched this week. The Arctic Council Project Support Instrument (PSI), a funding mechanism managed by the Nordic Environmental Finance Corporation (NEFCO), became operational on Wednesday. It will provide loans and grants to support initiatives that will help eliminate pollutants such as black carbon and POPs and efforts to manage waste and mitigate climate change. The...
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Arctic passage: preparing the icebreakers of the future
2014-03-11 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The recent rescue of 52 scientists from a vessel trapped in Antarctic ice has brought icebreakers into the spotlight. Even as polar ice recedes, opportunities in Arctic trade and oil exploration are increasing the need for heavy icebreaking capabilit
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Global warming: Study shows Arctic sea ice melt season lengthening five days per decade
2014-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Averaged across the Arctic, the melt season is lengthening by five days each decade, with much of the change coming in the fall, when a warmer ocean simply takes longer to freeze than in the past. The extent of sea ice in the Arctic has been declining for the last four decades, said University College London researcher Julienne Stroeve, part of a research team that studied satellite data to track sea ice trends in the age of global warming. The data confirm that the Arctic Ocean absorbing...
Arctic Sea Ice Season Shortening by 5 Days Per Decade
2014-03-04 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The Arctic sea ice season is shortening by five days per decade, with the appearance of sea ice becoming delayed by warmer weather, according to new research. Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, University College London Earth sciences professor Julienne Stroeve and her colleagues report their analysis, which used satellite data, indicates that the Arctic Ocean is absorbing more of the Sun's energy in the summer, leading to a delayed appearance of autumn sea ice. In some Arctic...
VIDEO: Arctic summit starts in London
2014-03-04 11:18:45| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Oil, mining and shipping companies are debating the Arctic's business and geopolitical future at a two-day summit in London.
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