Environmental News about Marine issues

EarthWire Climate provides a daily overview on the issue of climate change as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

Overview

By Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Sponsor section

Advertise?

EarthWire Editions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 202122232425262728293031 | Recent

Acidification Biodiversity Climate Change Coral Deep Sea Diving Fish Fisheries Plankton Polar Region Research Seabirds

Arctic Ocean (Page 2)

Polar bear vote defeated at meeting
BBC | 07 Mar 2013
A proposal by the US to ban cross-border trade in polar bears and their parts was defeated on Thursday at an international meeting.

Arctic Ocean | Conservation

Canada cold on US bid to protect polar bears
The Independent UK | 07 Mar 2013
An American proposal to offer more protection to polar bears by prohibiting trade in their skins has failed at a major conservation conference.

Arctic Ocean | Conservation

Tight vote expected on polar bears
BBC | 06 Mar 2013
A proposal to ban the international trade in polar bear parts is proving hugely divisive at the Cites meeting in Bangkok

Arctic Ocean | Conservation | Polar Region

Shipping lanes could open over the North Pole due to climate change
Telegraph | 04 Mar 2013
Arctic sea ice will be so thin by the middle of this century that ships will be able to sail directly across the North Pole for the first time, experts have predicted.

Arctic Ocean | Climate Change | Sea Ice | Sea Transport

Ships to sail directly over the north pole by 2050, scientists say
Guardian Unlimited | 04 Mar 2013
Ships should be able to sail directly over the north pole by the middle of this century, considerably reducing the costs of trade between Europe and China but posing new economic, strategic and environmental challenges for governments, according to scientists.

Arctic Ocean | Climate Change | Sea Ice | Sea Transport

Shell halts Arctic drilling for 2013
BBC | 27 Feb 2013
Royal Dutch Shell says that it will suspend its offshore drilling programme in the Arctic for the rest of 2013 in order to give time to ensure safety.

Arctic Ocean | Non-Living Resources | Offshore Resources

Cites conference: Canada and US at odds over trade in polar bears
The Independent UK | 27 Feb 2013
The United States and Canada are on a collision course at the Cites conference over proposals that would outlaw much of the hunting of polar bears.

Arctic Ocean | Conservation | Polar Region | Sea Ice

Spectacular Russian jellyfish of the White Sea - in pictures
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Feb 2013
They look like aliens or underwater explosions, but they're actually jellyfish - shot in the freezing waters off Russia. Diver Alexander Semenov plunged into the freezing waters of the White Sea, off the coast of north-west Russia, to document them

Arctic Ocean | Biodiversity

Lion's mane jellyfish - picture of the day
Guardian Unlimited | 25 Feb 2013
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. This may look like something from outer space but it is in fact a jellyfish, photographed by Alexander Semenov in the freezing waters of the White Sea off the coast of northwest Russia.

Arctic Ocean | Biodiversity

Damanaki urges EU action to help Arctic fisheries
fishupdate.com | 20 Feb 2013
EUROPE'S Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has said the EU needs to take a more responsible approach to the Arctic region and engage more closely with the people who live there.

Arctic Ocean | Climate Change | Governance | Marine Management

Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts: U.N. body
Reuters | 19 Feb 2013
(Reuters) - The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said.

Arctic Ocean | Climate Change | Non-Living Resources

European satellite confirms UW numbers: Arctic Ocean is on thin ice
EurekAlert | 13 Feb 2013
(University of Washington) Satellite observations confirm a University of Washington model that for the past three years found accelerating declines in the volume of Arctic sea ice.

Arctic Ocean | Polar Region | Remote Sensing | Sea Ice

Cryosat observes big Arctic ice loss
BBC | 13 Feb 2013
Europe's Cryosat spacecraft observes a deep reduction in the volume of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean in autumn months.

Arctic Ocean | Polar Region | Remote Sensing | Sea Ice

Arctic oil spill plan 'useless'
BBC | 04 Feb 2013
Environmental campaigners say that a draft plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic ocean is inadequate and vague.

Arctic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Governance | Non-Living Resources

Cyclone did not cause 2012 record low for Arctic sea ice
EurekAlert | 31 Jan 2013
(University of Washington) A huge Arctic cyclone in August was not responsible for the historic minimum seen soon after in Arctic sea-ice extent.

Arctic Ocean | Sea Ice

Tracing the origin of Arctic driftwood
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | 29 Jan 2013
Driftwood may represent a unique cross-disciplinary archive at the interface of marine and terrestrial processes. Here, we introduce 1,445 driftwood remains from coastal East Greenland and Svalbard. To ultimately reconstruct spatiotemporal variations in ocean currents, and to better quantify postglacial uplift rates, we recommend consideration of dendrochronologically dated material from many more circumpolar sites.

Arctic Ocean | Ocean Currents | Research

Photographer Hans Strand travels to the Arctic to photograph icebergs and glaciers (photo gallery)
Telegraph | 29 Jan 2013
Hans Strand travels to the Arctic to photograph icebergs and glaciers.

Arctic Ocean | Polar Region | Sea Ice

WWF Arctic conservation expedition gallery
The Independent UK | 17 Jan 2013
Professional photographer for Canon Europe, Thorsten Milse, recently accompanied the WWF's conservation sailing expedition to the Arctic as part of the WWF Last Ice Area Project.

Arctic Ocean | Sea Ice

Refusal over Arctic drilling ban
BBC | 15 Jan 2013
The UK government has refused to support a moratorium on Arctic drilling, despite new concerns after the grounding of a Shell oil rig.

Arctic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Non-Living Resources | Offshore Resources

Norway to step up overseas cod sales drive
fishupdate.com | 15 Jan 2013
NORWAY is to step up its drive to sell more cod at home and abroad this year.

Arctic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries