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Climate change shifting Arctic landscape: Hagel
2013-11-24 10:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Climate change is shifting the landscape in the Arctic more rapidly than anywhere else in the world, US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has said. "Climate change is shifting the landscape in the Arctic more rapidly than anywhere else in the world," Hagel said in his address at Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada yesterday. "While the Arctic temperature rise is relatively small in absolute terms, its effect are significant, transforming what is a frozen desert into an evolving,...
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Colin Russell family pleads for Tony Abbott to intervene in Arctic 30 case
2013-11-24 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: The family of an Australian Greenpeace activist behind bars in Russia is urging the Abbott government to intervene before his bail hearing appeal. Colin Russell, 59, has been in a Russian jail since September for his part in an open-sea Greenpeace protest against oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Last week a Russian court added three months to his pre-trial detention. He is the only one of 30 crew members involved in the Arctic oil protest who has been denied release. His wife Christine...
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As Arctic ice melts, US military adapting strategy, forces
2013-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced on Friday the Pentagon's first Arctic strategy to guide changes in military planning as rapidly thawing ice reshapes global commerce and energy exploration, possibly raising tensions along the way. Ice on the Arctic Ocean shrank last year to its lowest levels since satellite observations began in the 1970s, and many experts expect it will vanish in summers by mid-century due to climate change. As the sea ice thaws, ships are increasingly using a...
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Hagel, citing climate change, rolls out Arctic strategy
2013-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Defense Department on Friday unveiled a first-time strategy for protecting U.S. security interests and fostering international cooperation in the Arctic, where climate change is bringing new commercial activity and potential for conflict. The Arctic is at a strategic inflection point as its ice cap is diminishing more rapidly than projected and human activity, driven by economic opportunity -- ranging from oil, gas, and mineral exploration to fishing, shipping, and tourism -- is increasing...
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Freed Arctic 30 activist would risk freedom again
2013-11-23 04:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mail and Guardian: Anthony Perrett, the first of six Britons among the Greenpeace Arctic 30 to be released on bail, has revealed details of the group's two months in prison. He also said that if he could turn back the clock, he would risk his freedom again to protest against Arctic oil drilling. "I don't really want to go to jail for seven years, of course," Perrett told the Guardian in his first interview after his release. "But maybe this is all a blessing in disguise. It takes a lot to get people to pay attention...
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