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Climate scientists propose 2 outlandish ways to cool the Arctic

While the Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world, several technologies could combat this phenomenon. For one, we can release sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere to chill things out.

Inverse

U.S. to name ambassador-at-large for the Arctic

The United States plans to name an ambassador at large for the Arctic, reflecting the region's growing strategic and commercial importance as its shrinking opens up new sea lanes and vast oil and mineral resources.

Reuters

Stoltenberg: Russia a Strategic Challenge for NATO in Arctic

Russia's capabilities in the North are a strategic challenge for NATO, its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, welcoming Canada's recently announced investments in North American defense systems after making his first visit to the Canadian arctic. "The importance of the high North is increasing for NATO and for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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NATO head warns about Russian, Chinese interest in Arctic

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is warning about Russia’s military buildup in the Arctic and China’s increasing interest in that part of the world

The Independent UK

Russia a strategic challenge for NATO in arctic, Stoltenberg says

Reuters

US upgrades Arctic engagement with new ambassadorial post

The Biden administration is upgrading its engagement with the Arctic Council and countries with an interest in a region that's rapidly changing due to climate change

The Independent UK

Russia 'burning off £8.4m of gas that was destined for Europe every day' in single Nord Stream 1 pipeline facility

Researchers have noted significant increases in heat from a processing plant near the Finnish border, prompting fears that this could exacerbate Arctic ice melting

Wales Online

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Finland, Sweden offer NATO an edge as rivalry warms up north

President Joe Biden calls Finland and Sweden “our allies of the high north.”

The Independent UK

Polarstern Icebreaker Returns To Port After Arctic Research Amid Record Heatwaves

The researchers were investigating how increasingly warm Atlantic waters are affecting two glaciers in north-eastern Greenland.

Zenger

De-extinction company plans to bring back the Tasmanian tiger

Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas company pursuing plans to bring woolly mammoths back to the Arctic tundra, is setting its sights on bringing back another extinct species: the Tasmanian tiger.

Tribune News Service

These tiny Arctic fish bleed outrageous amounts of antifreeze

Juvenile snailfish living on an iceberg in Greenland create an antifreeze protein in spades, which allows them to live in icy climates without freezing.

Inverse

Antarctica’s Ice Could Be Melting Much Faster Than Previously Thought

A massive tsunami would swamp New York City and beyond, killing millions. London, Venice and Mumbai would also become aquariums.

Zenger

Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world – new research

The Earth is approximately 1.1℃ warmer than it was at the start of the industrial revolution. That warming has not been uniform, with some regions warming at a far greater pace. One such region is the Arctic.

The Conversation

The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds

The Arctic is very sensitive to climate change. In the last 40 years, the region has warmed much more rapidly than the Earth as a whole, a new study finds.

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Wales Online

Trees are dying and shedding their leaves early because of the record-breaking in Wales

It looks like autumn already in some parts of Wales

The Conversation

Ice shelves hold back Antarctica's glaciers from adding to sea levels – but they're crumbling

As Antarctica’s slow rivers of ice hit the sea, they float, forming ice shelves. These shelves extend the glaciers into the ocean until they calve into icebergs.

Inverse

Climate change may push North America’s forests to a “tipping point”

A trio of studies in the journal Nature highlights the serious threat global warming poses to boreal and deciduous forests in North America.

The Guardian - US

Global heating has caused ‘shocking’ changes in forests across the Americas, studies find

Trees are advancing into the Arctic tundra and retreating from boreal forests further south, where stunting and die-offs are expected

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Ancient half-blind Arctic shark that can live for 500 years found in the Caribbean

The rarely-seen Greenland shark was found swimming off the coast of Belize in what was described as the first-ever reported sighting of the fish in western Caribbean waters

Asharq Al-Awsat

Stranded Whale Removed from France's Seine River

The beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France was removed from the water early Wednesday in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation, an AFP journalist said. After nearly six hours of work, the 800-kilogram (1,800-pound) cetacean was lifted from the river by a net and…

Al Jazeera

Last month was one of the warmest Julys on record, says UN

UN says temperatures nearly half a degree above average last month, as EU monitor records record-low Antarctic sea ice.

The Independent UK

Woman injured by polar bear on Norway’s Svalbard Islands

Authorities say a French woman has been injured when attacked by a polar bear in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands

Daily Mirror

Woman mauled by polar bear after it wanders into camp in terrifying attack

Polar bear attacks are relatively rare, but one woman was injured in an Arctic settlement when camping. The woman was flown to hospital by helicopter as authorities decide what to do with the bear

The Independent UK

Emaciated beluga whale stranded in River Seine to be given vitamins as it refuses food

Environmental experts worry that they are in a “race against the clock” to save the emaciated Arctic animal

Daily Mirror

Alarm as 'emaciated' whale refuses food after getting lost in French river

The beluga is slowly swimming in a basis between two locks, approximately 50 miles from Paris, and appears emaciated

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