Executive Summary for December 2, 2016
We review the latest Arctic news, including discussions over commercial fishing in the Arctic high seas and the ongoing effects of the permafrost thaw.
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A weekly round-up of what’s happening in the circumpolar Arctic.
We review the latest Arctic news, including discussions over commercial fishing in the Arctic high seas and the ongoing effects of the permafrost thaw.
We review the latest Arctic news, including unusual temperatures in the Arctic and reports that the Obama administration could block oil and gas exploration in U.S. Arctic waters.
We review the latest Arctic news, including the impact of the U.S. election on the Arctic, Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan and an icebreaking LNG carrier heading into Arctic waters.
We review the latest Arctic news, including Denmark’s new Arctic science strategy and a mysterious noise in Nunavut.
We review the latest Arctic news, including an end to protests over a hydroelectric dam and a court decision allowing species to be protected based on future climate change impacts.
We review the latest Arctic news, including a push by Indigenous groups to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic and high rates of respiratory infections among infants in the Canadian Arctic.
We review the latest Arctic news, including a tourism deal between Iceland and Scotland and environmental NGOs pressing Norway to stop Arctic oil drilling.
We review the latest Arctic news, including a new offshore oil discovery in Alaska and Canada’s plan to limit carbon emissions.
We review the latest Arctic news, including cooperation among nations on Arctic science and the risks of not meeting the 2C target of the Paris climate agreement.
We review the latest Arctic news, including support from the Danish shipping industry to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic and a push by Nunavut’s Inuit to be part of talks on the fate of Arctic shipwreck artifacts.
We review the latest Arctic news, including new predictions on Arctic sea routes and provide an update on the Russian Arctic river that turned red.
We review the latest Arctic news, including Norway’s backtrack on oil exploration in the Lofoten islands and a Russian river that’s running red.
We review the latest Arctic news, including Russian president Vladimir Putin’s call for ‘open and equal dialogue’ in the region, the visit of the Crystal Serenity cruise ship to Nunavut and Statoil of Norway’s announcement of 2017 drilling in the Barents Sea.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including Norway’s decision to build a fence along its border with Russia and how the expansion of Arctic lakes is releasing ancient carbon into the atmosphere.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including climate refugees in Alaska and the departure of the Crystal Serenity on its Northwest Passage cruise.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including an airship network to connect Siberia to Europe and a new marine observatory to study Arctic oil spills.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including concerns that melting ice in Greenland might expose hazardous waste and a new report on the state of the climate.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including an anthrax outbreak among reindeer in Russia and shipping along the Northern Sea Route.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including record global temperatures and Siberian forest fires.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including an update to devolution talks in Nunavut and the ongoing negotiations over fishing in the central Arctic Ocean.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including the ongoing negotiations over fishing in the central Arctic Ocean and a new study that traces U.K. plastics into the Arctic.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including a tripartite pledge on cleaner energy, new data on permafrost feedback and Denmark’s increased surveillance and coast guard spending.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including Brexit, permafrost thaw and Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including the fate of Alaska offshore oil leases and environment concerns over metal mining.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including oil companies leaving Arctic waters and new details about Greenland’s 2015 melt.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including Arctic tourism and a Russian rocket set to splash down in the Arctic Ocean.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including a new agreement to keep cod from the northern Barents Sea off the menu, and scorching Arctic temperatures if all fossil fuels are burned.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including Norway’s rising greenhouse gas emissions and renewed efforts to feed a fiber-optic cable through the Arctic.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including the decision to forgo $2.5 billion in oil leases and Canada’s decision to embrace the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including a push to end oil and gas development offshore of Alaska and Canada’s plan to claim the North Pole as its own.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including the E.U.’s new Arctic Policy and how a faulty satellite sensor produced unreliable sea ice readings.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including China’s plans to ship goods through the Northwest Passage and scientists’ projections for summer sea ice.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including how an early start to Greenland’s melt season surprised scientists and an environmental group’s decision to involve the courts in the fight over Lancaster Sound.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including rising rates of food insecurity in Nunavut and concerns over the coast guard’s ability to respond to a shipping disaster in the Canadian North.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including a boost for airship deliveries, controversy over offshore exploration permits in the Canadian Arctic and a new normal for winter Arctic sea ice.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including Arctic shipping disasters on the rise in 2015 and a Canadian budget that earmarks millions for affordable housing, telecommunications infrastructure and renewable energy projects.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including oil and gas exploration off the coasts of Norway and Alaska and an international science expedition to study Arctic sea ice.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including the bold new Arctic agreement between Canada and the U.S. and questions about the protection of sensitive caribou calving grounds from development in Nunavut.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including a court decision on critical habitat for Alaska’s polar bears, carbon taxes opposed by leaders of Canada’s northern territories and new satellite data coverage of the Arctic Ocean.
In this weekly roundup, we review and analyze the latest news and key developments in the Arctic, including concerns over stalled Arctic sea ice, an Arctic military boost for Canada and the U.S. and a look at the renewable energy plans being adopted by remote Canadian communities.
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