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Arrested Greenpeace crew 'moved' to new location
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
Russia moved the crew of a Greenpeace Arctic protest ship from the northern port of Murmansk on Monday and put them on a train to Saint Petersburg, the organisa...
The Arctic ceases to be a 'province'
Nov 08, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The conflict around the Arctic is growing, admits the Russian government. In order to secure the country's economic and geopolitical interests in the region Mos...
The search for the oldest ice cores
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
How far into the past can ice-core records go? Scientists have now identified regions in Antarctica they say could store information about Earth's climate and g...
Stowaways threaten fisheries in the Arctic
Nov 06, 2013 (SPX)
The increased sea temperature expected in 2100 will in itself mean that the potential number of species introduced by ships will increase more than sixfold in t...
Dutch plead in court for release of Greenpeace activists
Nov 06, 2013 (AFP)
An international maritime court will rule this month whether to order Russia to release 30 crew members of a Greenpeace ship held since mid-September in a high-...
Search on for oldest antarctic ice in hunt for ancient climate clues
Nov 05, 2013 (UPI)
Ice cores from Antarctica could reveal information about Earth's climate and greenhouse gases extending as far back as 1.5 million years, researchers say. Ice c...
NASA Begins Airborne Campaign to Map Greenland Ice Sheet Summer Melt
Nov 05, 2013 (SPX)
For the first time, a NASA airborne campaign will measure changes in the height of the Greenland Ice Sheet and surrounding Arctic sea ice produced by a single s...
Vast Antarctic sanctuary plans fail
Nov 01, 2013 (AFP)
Plans to create two vast ocean sanctuaries in Antarctica to protect the pristine wilderness failed Friday for a third time, with Russia and China blocking the b...
Greenpeace says Russia moving jailed activists to St Petersburg
Nov 01, 2013 (AFP)
Russia is moving the imprisoned crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise protest ship from their jail in the Arctic Circle city of Murmansk to Saint Petersburg, the ...
Melting Arctic sea ice could increase summer rainfall in northwest Europe
Nov 01, 2013 (SPX)
A new study offers an explanation for the extraordinary run of wet summers experienced by Britain and northwest Europe between 2007 and 2012. The study found th...
Thawing Permafrost: The speed of coastal erosion in Eastern Siberia has nearly doubled
Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)
The high cliffs of Eastern Siberia - which mainly consist of permafrost - continue to erode at an ever quickening pace. This is the conclusion which scientists ...
Families ask Ottawa to demand Russia release activists
Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)
The families of two Canadian Greenpeace activists detained in Russia over an Arctic oil drilling protest pleaded Wednesday for Ottawa to further pressure Moscow...
Greenpeace activists hit out at detention conditions
Oct 27, 2013 (AFP)
Three of the Greenpeace activists held in Russia following a protest against Arctic drilling have given an insight into their detention conditions in comments p...
Maritime tribunal to hear 'Arctic Sunrise' case on Nov 6
Oct 25, 2013 (AFP)
A case brought by the Netherlands against Russia over the detention of Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise and its crew will be heard early next month, the inter...
New study finds unprecedented warmth in Arctic
Oct 24, 2013 (SPX)
The heat is on, at least in the Arctic... Average summer temperatures in the Eastern Canadian Arctic during the last 100 years are higher now than during any ce...
Greenpeace urges Russia to free activists after piracy charge lifted
Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)
Greenpeace on Thursday urged Russia to release its crew members after investigators reduced the charge against them from piracy to hooliganism over their protes...
Russia to boycott court hearings over Greenpeace ship
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
Russia said Wednesday it will boycott maritime court hearings sought by the Netherlands in a bid to free 30 crew members of a Greenpeace ship who were detained ...
Nations debate giant Antarctic ocean sanctuaries
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
Multi-nation talks on creating two vast sanctuaries in Antarctic waters began Wednesday with a key official saying a marine reserve protecting the pristine Ross...
Antarctic nations face off again over sanctuary plans
Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)
Nations pushing to create vast ocean sanctuaries off Antarctica that cover an area the size of India hope to overcome objections to their plans at talks this we...
Glacial history affects shape and growth habit of alpine plants
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
Alpine plants that survived the Ice Ages in different locations still show accrued differences in appearance and features. These findings were made by botanists...
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