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With a threatening and unpredictable U.S. to the south and a mining scramble in the Arctic, Canada struggles in a new security landscape. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Gautama Mehta / GristDec 16, 2024
The debate over deep-sea mining exposes a contradiction between the country’s proud culture of environmental stewardship and its dependence on the extraction of the ocean’s riches. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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In the Canadian Arctic, two ambitious research initiatives try to strengthen climate data through community engagement. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Michael Klare / TomDispatchFeb 10, 2020
As climate change accelerates and our biosphere begins to collapse, superpowers will jockey for access to the ice cap's natural resources. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 11, 2019
The NOAA's annual report on the Arctic contains some terrifying findings. Here are just 5 of the most worrying ones. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
MATTHEW DALY / The Associated PressSep 12, 2019
Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, calls the Democratic bill "a sham," and says, "this is not a wilderness area." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Things are getting noticeably harder and hotter due to climate change, and the worst part is, we are doing this to ourselves. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
SUDHIN THANAWALA / The Associated PressMar 30, 2019
President Trump did not have authority to lift restrictions on exploration in most Arctic and some Atlantic ocean lease areas, a ruling says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkMar 9, 2019
Sunlit skies and bright blue water could come earlier to the Arctic—much earlier, thanks to a distant Pacific climate wobble. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Tiny bits have been found in every sample of Arctic sea ice collected. But the ice can only hold these indestructible pollutants for so long. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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