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Why the jury's still out on the risk of Arctic methane catastrophe
2013-09-05 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: About a week ago, climate scientist Michael Tobis wrote a critique of my 'Seven facts about the Arctic methane time bomb' following a twitter exchange with him and Chris Colose, author of an article at Skeptical Science arguing that the core scenario of a new Nature paper by Gail Whiteman et. al on the economic costs of Arctic climate change is extremely unlikely. Much of this debate kicked off because the said Nature paper advances a hypothetical scenario for an abrupt Arctic methane release...
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August's top stories: Cosco ship sails to Europe through shorter Arctic route
2013-09-02 01:00:00| Ship Technology
China's Cosco Group sails to Europe through the shorter Arctic route, the Northeast Passage, which it says will reduce journey times compared to the traditional route via the Suez Canal and Mediterranean Sea. Ship-technology.com wraps up the key head
Greenpeace objects to Russian offshore Arctic drilling
2013-08-27 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Environmental organisation Greenpeace said Rosneft and ExxonMobil are exploring in the offshore Arctic and the Russian Coast Guard has threatened to fire on one of its ships, which was trying to expose them.
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Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Spurring Changes in Vegetation and Habitat
2013-08-24 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Sea ice loss and warmer weather are causing major shifts in Arctic vegetation, according to a study published in the journal Science. The report is based on 10 years of data on the subject, and points to a number of key changes currently underway in the remote region of the world. One such change includes a shift in marine and terrestrial food chains. As sea ice disappears, sea ice algae, the foundation of the marine food web, is quick to follow. As a result, larger plankton appears to be thriving,...
Northeast Passage: Russia moves to boost Arctic shipping
2013-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: This year has seen a record number of ships pass through the Northeast Passage in the Arctic Ocean. Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing all he can to make the route even more attractive. The earth has rarely been as warm as it is today -- and it has never been this small. In the distant past, traveling from Hamburg to Shanghai by ship meant sailing around Africa, a journey of at least 28,000 kilometers (17,400 miles). A short cut became available in 1869, with the opening of the Suez Canal,...
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