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Arctic drilling inevitable: if we don't find oil, then Russia will
2014-09-07 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Forget the North Sea and the Middle East, it is the frozen oceans of the Arctic which are the next great frontier that big oil companies plan to exploit over the coming 15 years. The Arctic region, which crosses several national boundaries including Russia, Alaska, Norway and Greenland, is thought by energy consultants Wood Mackenzie to hold an estimated 166bn barrels of oil equivalent in terms of reserves. That's more petroleum and gas than Iran holds and enough to meet two-thirds of the world's...
Global warming: New NASA aerial mission explore impacts Arctic sea ice loss
2014-09-06 19:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: The ongoing loss of Arctic sea ice is probably already affecting weather and climate in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere. Researchers aren`t exactly sure of how, but there`s been plenty of speculation, mostly focused around changes in the jet stream. Climate scientists may know a bit more in a few years after they study the results of a new NASA field campaign studying the effect of sea ice retreat on Arctic climate. The Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment (ARISE) will...
Investors should be worried Shell revived Arctic oil ambitions
2014-08-29 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Responsible investment charity ShareAction has warned that investors should be concerned by Shells revived plans to drill in the Arctic, after the oil giant admitted it has failed to meet environmental targets elsewhere. The company had suspended its plans for Arctic exploration earlier this year, but on Thursday submitted a proposal to the US government that would see it construct two rigs in the Chukchi Sea, northwest of Alaska. However, on Wednesday Lorraine Mitchelmore, president of Shell...
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New Study Offers Clues to Swift Arctic Extinction
2014-08-29 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: even hundred years ago, the Dorset people disappeared from the Arctic. The last of the Paleo-Eskimos, the Dorset had dominated eastern Canada and Greenland for centuries, hunting seal and walrus through holes in the ice and practicing shamanistic rituals with ornate carvings and masks. Then, they promptly ceased to exist. Modern archaeologists have scoured troves of Arctic artifacts, searching for clues to the Dorsets sudden extinction. Did they assimilate when the Thule, ancestors of the modern...
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Pierre Trudeaus bid to boost Arctic caused friction, CIA report says
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Pierre Trudeaus bid to enhance Canadian sovereignty and promote economic development in the Arctic created some friction with the United States, says a declassified CIA report. The August 1983 report is among several CIA documents about Canadian affairs released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act in recent years. The CIA said Trudeau and his political predecessors had effectively tapped into a sense of northern identity, historically a strong ingredient of Canadian nationalism....
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