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Tag: Alaska

No pebble unturned

18 February, 2019 Kevin McGwin

Foreground | US officials have been studying how a divisive mining project would affect its environs

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Taking the pebble by the horns

11 February, 2019 Kevin McGwin

Foreground | An Alaska environment meeting puts discussion of a controversial mine front and centre

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From here to indefinitely

22 December, 2016 Kevin McGwin

Daily Parse | Did you get caught off guard by Tuesday’s announcement that Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau had moved to stop oil-drilling in Arctic

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Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to flush

28 August, 2015 Kevin McGwin

Weekly Cover | Big words about the climate and global politics will be exchanged in Alaska next week. Potty talk might be more helpful

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Record warmth (and NYC shopping carts) causing problems in Alaska

27 January, 2014 Kevin McGwin

While parts of the US are dealing with record cold, Alaskans are wondering what happened to winter

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Technology in the North: vital and delicate

15 January, 2014 Kevin McGwin

While a Nunavut company develops an app to help people learn, a tiny Alaskan town learns the true cost of “stupid”

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Arctic Watch

  • Extreme Weather and the Arctic Meltdown
  • The Arctic: a delicate icy ecosystem
  • MOSAiC Science lectures – Arctic Sea Ice Ecology

Related thinks

  • Far but not so far: Italy’s Role and Interests in the Arctic (The Arctic Institute)
    11 November, 2020
  • Russia Unveils New Arctic Development Strategy: Focal Points and Key Priorities (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
    10 November, 2020
  • A Danish Approach to the Arctic (The International Affairs Review)
    10 November, 2020

Announcements

  • Minister Vandal announces appointments to the Board of Directors of Polar Knowledge Canada
    11 November, 2020
  • MEPC75 Webinar: Why the IMO’s draft Arctic HFO regulation will not protect the Arctic, and how to fix it
    11 November, 2020
  • Swedish, Finnish and Russian wolves closely related
    11 November, 2020
  • Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Lake Bed Deep Beneath the Greenland Ice
    11 November, 2020
  • Sweden’s strategy for the Arctic region 2020
    11 November, 2020
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