A Vast Arctic Marine Wilderness Moves One Step Closer to Protection
TakePart—A 40,000-square-mile marine wilderness will be off limits to oil and gas drilling.
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Scientists to White House: Stop Oil Industry Threat to Whales
TakePart — Over two dozen marine scientists from some of the nation's top research institutions have asked President Barack Obama to suspend plans for underwater oil and gas surveys off the Atlantic coast that could harm the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
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Fatal Thaw: The Sámi Fight to Preserve an Ancient Culture as the Arctic Warms
TakePart — The indigenous Scandinavian people are taking matters into their own hands to save the salmon and reindeer integral to their traditions.
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A Toxic Threat Reaches a Remote Arctic Island
TakePart—Norwegian scientists find a landlocked population of Arctic char carries some of the highest levels of toxic persistent organic pollutants found above the Arctic Circle.
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Shell May Be Leaving the Arctic, but Norway's High North Is Open for Business
TakePart—Off the north coast of Norway, Arctic oil may soon start flowing at the Statoil/Eni Goliat drilling platform, despite the project's ongoing technical problems and delays.
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The U.S. and Russia Team Up to Save the Polar Bear
TakePart—Thanks to a 1973 treaty to preserve polar bears, several nations are cooperating on stopping climate change from decimating the iconic predator.
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See How Close Oil Drilling Will Get to Arctic Whales This Summer
TakePart—Environmental advocates say no safety requirements can measure up to the tough weather conditions in this remote area or prevent a potential oil spill from harming wildlife.
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Sea-Level Rise Poses Hard Choice for Two Neighborhoods: Rebuild or Retreat?
TakePart — New York City is figuring out how to respond to a major climate disaster—and when to give up trying.
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Obama’s Arctic Wilderness Move Would Protect Endangered Polar Bears and Wolves
TakePart—Opening the Arctic Refuge oil and gas drilling is a cherished goal of powerful GOP lawmakers, but President Obama has asked Congress to keep the land wild.
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Nine things you need to know about polar sea ice
The Guardian—If the total amount of ice on the planet’s surface remains the same, does it really matter where it is? Short answer: Yes.
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Does 'The Ocean Cleanup' Stand Up To Peer Review?
PopSci — Dutch engineer Boyan Slat has a plan to cull millions of tons of animal-killing plastic debris out of the world's oceans, called “The Ocean Cleanup.” But marine scientists have serious concerns about the project.
Image: Carol Meteyer, USGS
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The Great Arctic Melt Opens Up A Lot Of Questions
Popular Science—Global warming is remaking the Arctic, opening new opportunities for scientists to study and understand the region's ecosystems.
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Cat Parasite Found In Arctic Beluga Whales
Popular Science—As ice barriers melt, pathogens expand their ranges and find new hosts in the formerly inaccessible Arctic.
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Fewer Reindeer, More Wildfires: Welcome To The Arctic In 2013
Popular Science—The Arctic's "new normal" includes more plants, less snow.
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Inuit fight climate change with human-rights claim against U.S.
Grist—An Inuit group charges the United States—the world's largest greenhouse gas polluter—with violating their right to live and thrive in the cold
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