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8 Arctic Nations Join Forces for Coastal Security
2015-11-01 02:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Coast guard agencies of the eight Arctic nations Friday officially signed a joint statement establishing a new intergovernmental security body -- the Arctic Coast Guard Forum. Membership includes Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and the United States. The Arctic Coast Guard Forum is an "operationally-focused, consensus-based organization" that aims to leverage collective resources to foster safe, secure and environmentally responsible maritime activity...
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Arctic shipping route through Russia planned by Chinese company
2015-10-31 09:13:50| IT Services - Topix.net
Baffin Bay in 2008. China's largest shipping company has announced it will begin container voyages between Europe and Asia via Russia's Northern Sea Route.
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These Ice Cellars Fed Arctic People for Generations. Now They're Melting
2015-10-30 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Building an underground ice cellar to store bowhead whale and other meat in Barrow, Alaska, is no small task. Even in the summertime, permafrost is hard as a rock a foot or so below the surface. Last year Herman Ahsoak employed a jackhammer and drill to construct a cellar for the whaling crew he has captained for more than a decade. But in the spring, melting snow penetrated the hatch, and the 14-foot deep cellar "filled all the way to the top with water," Ahsoak says. Maintaining ice cellars...
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Plastic Trash Found Arctic Ocean, Likely Forming Sixth Garbage Patch
2015-10-29 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Not even the Arctic Ocean is safe from marine pollution. In a study published last week in the journal Polar Biology, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Germany found marine litter on the surface of Arctic waters. #Plastic #litter makes its way north to the #ArcticOcean: https://t.co/9Bjy4EofNI pic.twitter.com/rmBP7lLaE4 -- Green Atom (@greenatomnet) October 23, 2015 It was the first litter survey conducted north of the Arctic Circle, and...
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API Statement Regarding Obama Administration Decision To Cancel 2016 And 2017 Arctic Oil Lease Sales
2015-10-27 02:00:43| oilandgasonline Home Page
The API Director of Upstream Erik Milito released the following statement regarding the Obama administration’s decision to deny Arctic offshore development extension requests and scheduled 2016 and 2017 Arctic lease sales:
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