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Scientists link frozen spring to dramatic Arctic sea ice loss
2013-03-25 18:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate scientists have linked the massive snowstorms and bitter spring weather now being experienced across Britain and large parts of Europe and North America to the dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice. Both the extent and the volume of the sea ice that forms and melts each year in the Arctic Ocean fell to an historic low last autumn, and satellite records published on Monday by the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, show the ice extent is close to the minimum recorded...
China Pours Cash into Melting Arctic to Win Influence
2013-03-24 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: At face value, it is not one of the world's most important relationships. When Norway and China fell out two years ago over a Nobel Prize awarded to a Chinese dissident, the spat had little wider resonance. But diplomatic relations are thawing as quickly as Arctic ice -- and the upshot could be significant for the frigid northern wastes of the planet, which are thought to sit on formidable quantities of mineral reserves. China has been cozying up to Arctic countries as part of its effort to...
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Protesters urge Obama to halt Arctic oil exploration
2013-03-21 17:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Five protesters scaled a landmark Jerusalem bridge on Thursday and hoisted a banner urging visiting U.S. President Barack Obama to halt Arctic oil exploration. The protest by environmental group Greenpeace was staged a short distance from a conference hall where Obama was later due to deliver a keynote speech to Israeli students. Defying tight security, the environmentalists used climbing gear to clamber up the cables of the 118 meter-high (390 feet) suspension bridge and unfurled a yellow...
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Department Of The Interior Releases Assessment Of Shell's 2012 Arctic Operations
2013-03-20 06:42:27| oilandgasonline News Articles
As part of the Administration’s commitment to developing America’s domestic energy resources safely and responsibly and exploring the potential of frontier areas such as the Arctic, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently announced the findings of a Departmental review of Shell’s 2012 Arctic operations, which will help guide the conduct and oversight of future Arctic exploration.
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China pours cash into melting Arctic in bid to win influence
2013-03-18 21:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: At face value, it is not one of the world's most important relationships. When Norway and China fell out two years ago over a Nobel prize awarded to a Chinese dissident, the spat had little wider resonance. But diplomatic relations are thawing as quickly as Arctic ice and the upshot could be significant for the frigid northern wastes of the planet, which are thought to sit on formidable quantities of mineral reserves. China has been cosying up to Arctic countries as part of its effort to...
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