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Pompeo’s rosy take on Arctic warming reveals the administration’s climate hypocrisy

May 7, 2019

For an administration that has routinely denied that climate change is anything more than a hoax, Trump’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was quick to celebrate its effects on Monday. At a meeting of the Arctic ...

Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world

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Apr 2, 2019

Environment, Science, World

Canada is warming twice as quickly as the rest of the world, according to a new report from the Canadian Environment and Climate Change department, detailed by CNN on Tuesday. Since the earliest available re...

Plastic chemicals found in bird eggs in remote, pristine corner of the Arctic

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Feb 18, 2019

Environment, Science

Researchers have found traces of plastic additives in birds’ eggs in a remote corner of the Arctic, according to The Independent, adding more evidence that plastic pollution is affecting wildlife in even the mo...

Trump administration takes first steps toward Arctic refuge drilling

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Apr 20, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced plans Thursday to begin an environmental review of the impact of oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska, according to the Hill. The move i...

New study links warming Arctic temperatures to extreme winter weather elsewhere

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Mar 15, 2018

Environment, Science

A new analysis of temperature data, from as far back as 1950, has linked rising temperatures in the Arctic warming since the 1990s to more common extreme cold and heavier snowfall in other parts of the world. T...

Benefits of Arctic drilling are unclear, while environmental damage is a certainty

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Dec 31, 2017

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

The Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) first received federal protection in 1960, when President Eisenhower called on the nation to safeguard its “unique wildlife, wilderness and recreational values...

Melting Arctic could worsen California droughts, according to climate modeling

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Dec 6, 2017

Environment, Science

The effects of rapidly melting Arctic sea ice may have global reach far beyond the Arctic itself. According to a new study released Tuesday, melting ice could lead to reoccurring droughts in California, similar...

Scientists discover large plastic deposits in remote parts of the Arctic

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Sep 25, 2017

Environment, Science, World

A British led team has discovered large chunks of polystyrene plastic lying on ice in remote areas of the Arctic Ocean, just 1,000 miles from the north pole. The discovery was among the furthest north that such...

Alaskan communities, facing climate threats, could lose aid under Trump

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Aug 13, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

The Trump administration’s moves to dismantle climate adaptation programs could have concrete effects on Alaskan towns already facing rising sea levels and other problems resulting from climate change. With pla...

Water from thawing permafrost breaches Global Seed Vault in Norway

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May 20, 2017

Environment, Science

After an unusually warm winter as a result of climate change, the Global Seed Vault, located inside a mountain within the Arctic circle, has faced a breach by waters from thawing permafrost. Though no seeds wer...

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