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Drill, comrade, drill: Why the Kremlin's Arctic plan worries activists
2013-09-26 12:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The way the Kremlin sees it, the vast treasures being revealed by the retreating Arctic ice oil, gas, iron ore, mineralsare Russia's manifest destiny, with Moscow writing a new chapter in the history of the desolate, once-frozen region. It's a narrative that hasn't had much challenge in Russia. But now, after a daring raid on a drilling platform by Greenpeace, the gunpoint arrest of 30 activists, and threatened charges of piracy and terrorism, environmentalists are hoping for scrutiny of how...
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Rosneft to buy Enel stake in Arctic Russia for $1.8bn
2013-09-26 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft has signed an approximately $1.8bn agreement to acquire a 40% interest in Arctic Russia from Italy's largest power company Enel.
Whats Really Going on With Arctic Sea Ice?
2013-09-24 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateDesk: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook WATCH: Whats Really Going on With Arctic Sea Ice? Posted by Jeremy Schulman and Brett Brownell on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 Slate writer Phil Plait debunks the recent misinformation about melting ice and explains why you should care about climate change. Scientists announced today that Arctic sea ice has officially reached its minimum extent for the summer, shrinking to 5.1 million square kilometers. Thats significantly higher than last years record low...
Arctic alpine plants may live in 'micro refuges'
2013-09-23 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Arctic alpine plants may survive in small pockets of cold, disturbed ground even if rising temperatures drive them from the rest of their habitat, according to researchers. Typical Arctic alpine species, such as white Arctic mountain heather, mountain avens, and Diapensia lapponica, thrive in cold temperatures. But they're not as competitive or as responsive to changes in their environment as their lowland cousins. However, Miska Luoto of Finland's University of Helsinki says cold "micro refuges"...
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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Doubles from Last Year, Still 6th Lowest on Record
2013-09-21 16:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean recouped from last summer's record low levels, with the amount of ice surviving this summer nearly 50 percent more than in 2012, scientists said Friday. Still, the extent of the Arctic sea was the sixth lowest ever recorded. Compared to the 1981-2010 average, this summer's sea ice minimum -- a reflection of the maximum ice melting in the warm season -- was 432,000 square miles (1.12 million square kilometers) lower than the average, according to data presented by the...
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