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Sweden's snowy forests provide setting for Arctic warfare training
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
Winter combat skills are attracting more interest both in Sweden and abroad as tensions rise in the strategic High North, and as melting Arctic ice opens new sh...
Arctic nations pledge to fight global warming despite rising tensions
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
Accelerated global warming, untapped resources, new maritime routes opened up by retreating sea ice, and the future of local populations all topped the agenda a...
Russia sees 'no grounds' for conflict in Arctic
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
The two sides have recently increased their military posturing, with the United States sending bombers to Norway and Russia conducting large maritime and air ex...
World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
It is the latest in a series of large ice blocks to dislodge in a region acutely vulnerable to climate change, although scientists said in this case it appeared...
US wants to 'avoid a militarisation' of the Arctic: Blinken
May 18, 2021 (AFP)
"We have concerns about some of the increased military activities in the Arctic. That increases the dangers or prospects of accidents... and undermines the shar...
Blinken welcomes Danish Arctic military boost
May 17, 2021 (AFP)
"We share a commitment to Arctic security, we very much welcome Denmark's recent decision to invest more... in North Atlantic and Arctic defence, in coordinatio...
Russia warns West against Arctic encroachment ahead of talks
May 17, 2021 (AFP)
Lavrov's comments came ahead of a ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council that comprises Russia, the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland a...
The Arctic: key things to know
May 16, 2021 (AFP)
- What and where is it? - The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land, unlike the Antarctic at the other end of the world, which is a continent surrounded by wate...
The Arctic: A test of US-Russian ties ahead of possible summit
May 16, 2021 (AFP)
Blinken was traveling first to Copenhagen, where he will meet Monday with Danish leaders before going on to Iceland for a ministerial meeting of the eight-count...
Blinken to seek Arctic cooperation in Greenland
May 14, 2021 (AFP)
The trip will come on the heels of his already announced visit to Iceland for an Arctic Council meeting where Blinken will hold his first meeting with Russian F...
Floods could triple across Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau as planet warms
May 06, 2021 (UPI)
In addition to putting communities and infrastructure in harms way, the predicted increase in lake outburst floods -- detailed Thursday in the journal Nature Cl...
Global glacier retreat has accelerated
May 04, 2021 (SPX)
This is the first study to include all the world's glaciers - around 220,000 in total - excluding the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. The study's spatial an...
Navy, Marines, Air Forces start Exercise North Edge 21 in Alaska
May 04, 2021 (UPI)
"Carrier Strike Group Nine's collaboration with joint forces demonstrates to our partners that we are sharpening our capabilities to be ready for any mission th...
Icebreaker's cyclone encounter reveals faster sea ice decline
May 01, 2021 (SPX)
For the first time ever, scientists were able to see exactly what happens to the ocean and sea ice when a cyclone hits. University of Alaska Fairbanks researche...
Glacier avalanches more common than thought
May 01, 2021 (ESA)
Glaciers are generally slow-flowing rivers of ice, under the force of gravity transporting snow that has turned to ice at the top of the mountain to locations l...
Cave deposits show surprising shift in permafrost over the last 400,000 years
Apr 29, 2021 (SPX)
Scientists estimate that more than 1,400 gigatons of carbon is trapped in the Earth's permafrost. As global temperatures climb, and permafrost thaws, this froze...
Germany could lose last glaciers in 10 years
Apr 29, 2021 (AFP)
"The days of glaciers in Bavaria are numbered. And even sooner than expected," said Thorsten Glauber, environment minister of the southern region, home to Germa...
Glacier melt is speeding up, raising seas: global study
Apr 28, 2021 (AFP)
Glaciers -- vast bodies of frozen water that sit above ground -- have been melting fast since the middle of the 20th century, but until now the full extent of i...
Arctic sponges leave trails of spicules along the ocean floor
Apr 26, 2021 (UPI)
Recent surveys of the Arctic seabed revealed trails of light brown sponge spicules, needle-like support elements in sea sponges. The discovery, detailed Monday ...
Accurate subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction remains a grand challenge
Apr 26, 2021 (SPX)
The Arctic has experienced amplified warming and extensive sea-ice retreat in recent decades. On 15 September 2020, the Arctic sea-ice extent (SIE) reached its ...
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