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• in Green
  From White to Green - Greenland's Glaciers are History
  New paper suggests Greenland is already well on its way to be glacier-free, and truly green, from warming already 'locked in'
  by wyrdways / on Mar 13, 2012
• in Green
  Bugs Ready to Munch on Climate Time-Bomb
  Scientists have defrosted microbes from the Artic's permafrost soils,and found their gases pose a real global warming hazard.
  by wyrdways / on Nov 7, 2011
• in Green
  Massive Study Proves Climate Change is No Hoax
  More than a century of records and 1.5 billion data points clearly show that climate change is for real.
  by goldnugget / on Oct 23, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “arctic”

 

• Definition of the geographic areas covered in the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment

  
  Random graphic of the day: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library — Authority: 114
  The Arctic Council study on trends in the polar ecosystems - the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) focuses on the areas displayed in this map. The high- and low Arctic regions are defined from the bioclimatic zones in the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM), while the sub-Arctic zone is the area definition ...
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• [new]: Arctic Monkeys – Mad Sounds (Live)

  
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  Yesterday Arctic Monkeys premiered a brand new song during their appearance at Sweeden’s Hultsfred Festival. The new song is a lovely ballad called “Mad Sounds.” It’s sounding great, and nothing like they’ve done yet. As if that should surprise you. Watch a video of the performance below, and also grab a ...
  3 days ago

• Companies await OK for seismic exploration permits

  
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  June 14th 6:15 pm: Hannah Heimbuch As Arctic ice quickly succumbs to summer sun, several major energy companies are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to make good use of open ocean for exploration. Shell Oil, Norwegian geoscience company TGS, and SAExploration have all submitted requests to the Bureau of Ocean and ...
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• Editors New Video For “The Weight”

  
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    Editors new album “The Weight Of Your Love” recorded in Nashville at Black Bird Studio was inspired by Scott Litt’s work with REM, and is meant to sound like a live performance. The album […]
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• Why Greenland’s darkening ice has become a hot topic in climate science

  
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  Darkening causes the snow to absorb more sunlight which in turn increases melting . . . → Read More: Why Greenland’s darkening ice has become a hot topic in climate science
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• Energy and Environment News Roundup – 6.14.13

  
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  A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world. EMISSIONS   Study raises hope of combating global warming by reducing soot  (via Christian Science Monitor) Storm-battered Philippines moves to reduce climate risks and emissions  (via ClimateWire) Supreme ...
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• Lawmaker accuses Google of dodging taxes

  
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  An influential committee of British lawmakers accused search company Google of dodging its taxes on Thursday in a scathing report that said the US Internet company took on highly contrived arrangements serving no purpose other than to avoid paying its fair share. The report came after testimony by Google Vice ...
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• Missile Defence and the Arctic

  
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  The most basic definition of a security community of independent states within a defined region is that there exists a reliable expectation that the states within that region will not resort to war to prosecute their disputes. Put another way, such a “pluralistic security community … [is] a transnational region ...
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• Leo Hickman: Met Office to brainstorm on UK weather whiplash and causes

  
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  Met Office brainstorms UK bad weather Climate scientists and meteorologists are meeting next week to debate the causes of UKs disappointing weather in recent years Flooding at North Cave, near Hull, in June 2007. The Met Office is ...
  5 days ago

• #YVRSHOOTS – Best of BC-Made TV & Film at LEO AWARDS from CONTINUUM to CAMERA SHY

  
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  In the third year of this series, expect me to photograph and write about more of the film and TV productions which showcase our city and sometimes put a celebrity actor or two in the frame. 2013 brings  Man of Steel  and  Elysium  to theatres and filming of  Godzilla,   Once Upon a Time, Supernatura l,  ...
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• NASA Finds ‘Amazing’ Levels Of Arctic Methane And CO2, Asks ‘Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?’

  
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  A NASA science team has observed “amazing and potentially troubling” levels of methane and CO2 from the rapidly warming Arctic. Given the staggering amount of carbon trapped in the permafrost — and the fact that methane is a very potent heat-trapping gas — the space agency is now asking: “ Is a Sleeping ...
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• NASA Finds ‘Amazing’ Levels Of Arctic Methane And CO2, Asks ‘Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?’

  
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  A NASA science team has observed “amazing and potentially troubling” levels of methane and CO2 from the rapidly warming Arctic. Given the staggering amount of carbon trapped in the permafrost — and the fact that methane is a very potent heat-trapping gas — the space agency is now asking: “ Is a Sleeping ...
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• EPIC FESTIVAL RECAP: Sasquatch! 2013 (Part Two)

  
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  Words by Pete Merriman | Photos by Victoria Holt Part Two of our epic photo gallery and recap from this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival continues below, and in case you missed it, start with Part One here… DAY 3: SUNDAY, MAY 26TH: Between Earl Sweatshirt , Killer Mike , El-P, Shad , and Danny ...
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• New oil licenses fuel Barents battle

  
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  June 13, 2013 Oil & Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe splashed more oil on the simmering battle over the Barents Sea this week when he announced the award of 20 new oil production licenses in the area. He also awarded four more in the Norwegian Sea, and environmentalists were not pleased. Some of the bullish [...]
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• Rosneft to partner with Norway’s Statoil in Arctic

  
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  Norway has estimated the blocks, which span 1,213 square kilometers, contain a potential 400 to 600 million barrels of recoverable oil. RN Nordic Oil AS, an indirect subsidiary of Rosneft, will work with Norway’s Statoil, who will act as an operator,  to develop four ‘promising and prolific’ blocks near ...
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• All eyes turn to the prize as the Arctic opens for business

  
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  At the centre of the public hall in Kiruna, northern Sweden – the host of the 2013 Arctic Council – sits a large block of ice emblazoned with the council’s logo. As delegates from the eight Arctic Council states, six permanent indigenous representatives, 12 observer states, and a host of non-governmental ...
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• The Permafrost Timebomb?

  
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  Over hundreds of thousands of years the Arctic permafrost has accumulated an enormous store of organic carbon. As it thaws from climate change the plant debris will decay and carbon dioxide and methane will be release into the atmosphere. Permafrost contains at least 4x more carbon than fossil fuel burning has ...
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• Global Warming – Follow the Money

  
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  Although you may read incorrect reports that the planet has not warmed in the last decade, those reports are usually inaccurately reported. It is impossible to summarise a detailed scientific analysis of global warming in the sound bite journalism beloved of the popular press. It is true that global mean temperatures ...
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• Easy riches draw illegal Chinese miners to Ghana

  
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  Porous borders, corruption and the chance of riches have helped draw illegal gold miners to Ghana from as far away as China, prompting a crackdown that has so far netted over 150 Chinese, experts say. The continent’s second-largest producer of gold and a beacon of stability in turbulent west Africa, Ghana has been ...
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• A Breakthrough in How We Work to Protect Our Oceans

  
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  Rockfish and sponges in Zhemchug Canyon, Bering Sea. The Bering Sea is known to scientists and conservationists as one of the most remarkable places on Earth — a home to sponges, coral, fish, crab, skates, sperm whales, orcas, Steller sea lions, and a vast array of other species all part of a delicate ecosystem ...
  6 days ago

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