Scientists identify thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane stored for millennia is bubbling out, potentially accelerating global warming.

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Arctic melt releasing ancient gas

World War II veterans who served on Arctic convoys should be given a dedicated campaign medal, Scottish government minister Keith Brown says.

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Minister calls for Arctic medal

Europe’s Cryosat spacecraft is now watching the ebb and flow of Arctic sea ice with high precision, report scientists.

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Ice satellite is ‘powerful tool’

Snow falls in parts of mid and north Wales as Arctic winds bring a drop in temperatures.

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Blizzard conditions as snow falls

The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe have tightened their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.

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UK scientists use radar satellites to measure a huge dome of fresh water that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean.

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Arctic freshwater bulge detected

UK scientists use radar satellites to measure a huge dome of fresh water that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean.

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Arctic freshwater bulge detected

There are calls for recognition for the sailors on the WWII Arctic Convoys who risked their lives to transport crucial supplies and munitions from Scotland to Russia.

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VIDEO: Call to recognise Arctic veterans

There are calls for recognition for the sailors on the WWII Arctic Convoys who risked their lives to transport crucial supplies and munitions from Scotland to Russia.

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VIDEO: Call to recognise Arctic veterans

POINCIANA, Fla. — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann claimed Saturday that the United States has more fuel resources than any other country, but blamed what she termed “radical environmentalists” for bottling up American energy policy. With untapped oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off the nation’s coasts, shale oil in Western states, and rich natural gas and coal deposits, she said the U.S. “is sitting on a mother lode of treasure.” “The United States is the number one country in the world for energy resources,” the Minnesota congresswoman told a central Florida town hall meeting, arguing that in shale deposits alone the U.S. easily outstrips the total oil supply of Saudi Arabia. “That doesn’t even include … all the oil in Alaska.” Read full article > >

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Bachmann: US ‘king daddy dogs’ in energy resources, but environmentalists locking them up

Two major Arctic shipping routes have opened as summer sea ice melts, European satellites have found.

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Arctic routes open as ice melts

When spring comes early to the Arctic, will migrating birds arrive too late?

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Scientist at Work: Spring Is Early in the Arctic

NUUK, Greenland — Here, just south of the Arctic Circle, where the sea ice is vanishing like dew on a July morning, the temperature isn’t the only thing that’s heating up. Across the region, a warming Arctic is opening up new competition for resources that until recently were out of reach, protected under a thick layer of ice. As glaciers defrost and ice floes diminish, the North is being viewed as a source of not only great wealth but also conflict, diplomats and policy experts say. In recent months, oil companies have begun lining up for exploration rights to Baffin Bay, a hydrocarbon-rich region on Greenland’s western coast that until recently was too ice-choked for drilling. U.S. and Canadian diplomats have reopened a spat over navigation rights to a sea route through the Canadian Arctic that could cut shipping time and costs for long-haul tankers. Read full article > >

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Warming Arctic opens way to competition for resources

The Obama administration is under pressure as it weighs whether to allow Shell to drill in the Arctic.

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Shell Tries to Calm Fears on Drilling in Alaska

An Arctic charity trek by wounded servicemen, which was joined by Prince Harry for four days, reaches the North Pole.

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Wounded soldiers reach North Pole