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Plastic Apocalypse: Dangerous Microplastics Invade Alps To Artic, Found In Fresh Snow
Plastic Apocalypse: Dangerous Microplastics Invade Alps To Artic, Found In Fresh Snow A new study has revealed that high levels of microplastics have been detected in some of the most remote regions of the world. The discovery, published in the journal Science Advances, is the first international study on microplastics in snow, conducted by the Alfred Wegener […]
“Unprecedented” Arctic Wildfires Visible From Space As ‘Global Cooling’ Looms
“Unprecedented” Arctic Wildfires Visible From Space As ‘Global Cooling’ Looms Numerous wildfires have been ravaging the Arctic for weeks following the hottest June ever recorded on Earth. Now, the fires are so huge and intense, the smoke can literally be seen from space. As RT reports, satellite images show more than 100 long-lived wildfires with huge plumes […]
Life imitates art: Norway rejects oil prospecting in sensitive Arctic islands
Life imitates art: Norway rejects oil prospecting in sensitive Arctic islands In what seemed like an episode of the Norwegian television drama Occupied, Norway’s largest political party joined smaller ones in the nation’s parliament to prevent oil exploration in the scenic Lofoten archipelago. The Labor Party’s environmental wing made climate change and scenic beauty big issues. Unlike another […]
Polar ice loss speeds up by leaps and bounds
Polar ice loss speeds up by leaps and bounds More ice is melting in Antarctica, threatening much faster sea level rise. Image: By Danielle Barneson Unsplash North and south, polar ice loss is happening faster than ever. Researchers now have a measure of the accelerating flow into the ocean. LONDON, 22 January, 2019 – In the last few decades […]
Permafrost thaw unsettles the Arctic
Permafrost thaw unsettles the Arctic Permafrost thaw caused this Alaskan road to drop by 3 metres. Image: Dr. John Cloud, NOAA (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons Permafrost thaw and retreating Arctic ice don’t just imperil caribou and bears. People, too, may find the ground shifts beneath their feet. LONDON, 1 January, 2019 − In just […]
The Anti-Russia Cold War in the Arctic is Heating Up
The Anti-Russia Cold War in the Arctic is Heating Up Photo Source Official U.S. Navy Page | CC BY 2.0 Britain’s Daily Mail is a strident rag that is bought daily by over a million people who agree with its stance that most foreigners are inferior to Brits. Two years ago the European Commission against Racism and […]
NATO Sends 50,000 Troops to Largest Exercise Since Cold War
NATO Sends 50,000 Troops to Largest Exercise Since Cold War Operations centered on Arctic and Scandinavia US Marines are landing in Iceland and warplanes are flying overhead in Scandinavia, just days ahead of the kickoff of Trident Juncture. The annual exercise, focused on the Arctic Circle and Scandinavia, is set to be the largest operation […]
Britain and NATO Prepare for War on Russia in the Arctic
Britain and NATO Prepare for War on Russia in the Arctic On September 30 the UK’s foreign minister, Jeremy Hunt, delivered an astonishing tirade, saying “The EU was set up to protect freedom. It was the Soviet Union that stopped people leaving. The lesson from history is clear: if you turn the EU club into a […]
The Arctic Heats Up in the Dead of Winter
The Arctic Heats Up in the Dead of Winter Photo by NOAA Photo Library | CC BY 2.0 Every once in a while a climatic event hits that forces people to sit down to catch their breath. Along those lines, abnormal Arctic heat waves in the dead of winter may force scientists to revaluate downwards […]
Global Warming Stirs the Methane Monster
Global Warming Stirs the Methane Monster Photo by Jeremy Buckingham | CC BY 2.0 It’s January, yet methane hydrates in the Arctic are growling like an incensed monster on a scorching hot mid-summer day. But, it is January; it’s winter, not July! On January 1st Arctic methane at 2,764 ppb spiked upwards into the atmosphere, […]
The Destruction of a Vast Transnational Nursery?
The Destruction of a Vast Transnational Nursery? Back in May 2013, a word came to mind that I wanted to see in all our vocabularies. It wasn’t the ever-present “terrorist” but “terrarist” and I meant it to describe people intent on destroying the planetary environment that had welcomed and nurtured so many species, including our […]
Arctic riches: A most insane discussion
Arctic riches: A most insane discussion As climate change rips away the icy armor of the Arctic, nations surrounding the North Pole and companies eager to exploit the area’s mineral wealth–particularly oil and natural gas–are growing giddy with anticipation. So reports the Associated Press, though the AP is by no means the first to report […]
Droughts, floods from weird jet stream linked to Arctic heat
Droughts, floods from weird jet stream linked to Arctic heat Something strange is going on, with more incidences of unprecedented heat waves, droughts and flooding happening in recent years, and based on the latest research, it’s looking more and more like climate change is to blame. The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on […]
Concerns Grow About A Nuclear “Incident” In Europe After Spike In Radioactive Iodine Levels
Concerns Grow About A Nuclear “Incident” In Europe Concerns about a potential, and so far unsubstantiated, nuclear “incident”, reportedly in the vicinity of the Arctic circle, spread in the past week after trace amounts of radioactive Iodine-131 of unknown origin were detected in January over large areas in Europe according to a report by the Institute for […]
