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Oil and Arctic Ocean Make A Highly Troublesome Mix
2015-06-08 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Last October, an unmanned barge with 950 gallons of fuel on board was in the Beaufort Sea when it broke free from the tug towing it. The weather was stormy and the tug captain decided it was too dangerous to try to retrieve the barge in turbulent seas. Ideally, the Canadian Coast Guard would have been on hand to deal with the situation. But the icebreaker it routinely dispatches to the Beaufort Sea Krichevsky/Wikimedia Commons The Russian oil rig Prirazlomnaya, operated by energy giant Gasprom,...
Fibre-Optic Submarine Communications Cable in Sub-Ice Arctic Environment
2015-06-03 10:12:00| Offshore Technology
Optical fibre-cable systems are designed to carry vast amounts of information across the world's oceans with extremely high-reliability. The capabilities of these systems have also been adapted to other purposes, including scientific observation, mi
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Rapid Arctic ice loss linked extreme weather changes in Europe and US
2015-06-01 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The string of massive snowstorms and bone-chilling cold on the US east coast, as well as flooding in Britain and record temperatures in Europe, are linked to rapid ice loss in the Arctic, new research appears to confirm. While the rapidly-thawing Arctic cannot be held responsible for specific weather events like the snowmageddon in 2009, Hurricane Sandy, or European heatwaves, researchers at Rutgers university said it appears to be a prime reason why the polar jet stream a ribbon of winds...
Sir Ranulph Fiennes calls urgent action on climate change after witnessing Arctic melting
2015-05-30 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Sir Ranulph Fiennes has added his voice to calls for urgent action to tackle climate change after seeing the effects of warming on the planet first-hand during trips to the Arctic. Sir Ranulph, the first to cross Antarctica on foot as well as to visit both the North and South Poles by surface, said it would be suicide to put commercial interests over global warming. He said he knows from personal experience that the warming climate has significantly changed the landscape of the Arctic, melting...
Polar Code acknowldeges Arctic Ocean and wildlife warrant special international protection
2015-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch: Imagine traveling seas beset by hurricane-force winds, extreme waves, poorly charted waters, and long seasons of darkness. Where calls for help may not be readily answered. Now, imagine pristine seas where exotic wildlife, some traveling great distances to feed or have their young, are found in abundance. A place that has sustained capable, local people for millennia. This is not a science fiction adventure to some far-off planet. Instead, both descriptions could be applied to navigating Arctic...
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