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China's icebreaker Xuelong-2 is sailing to the North Pole
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China's icebreaker Xuelong-2 is sailing to the North Pole

In cooperation with researchers from Russia and Thailand, Arctic experts from the Chinese Polar Institute are sailing 15,500 nautical miles on an expedition to the top of the world.
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Climate change thaws world's northernmost research station

At the world's northernmost year-round research station, scientists are racing to understand how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing – and what those changes may mean for the planet's future.
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How tensions with Russia are jeopardizing key Arctic research

With the Ukraine war, international collaborations with Russia on Arctic research and governance have been strained or broken off. This loss of critical cooperation is compromising efforts to confront mounting environmental risks in the Arctic, from shrinking sea ice to pollution.
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Russia’s renewable-powered Arctic research station
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Teriberka gets Russia’s second Arctic research station powered by renewables

Snowflake-2 science research station will be a five-domes construction to house year-round environmental monitoring and education.
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China wanted to buy airport in Lapland for North Pole climate research flights

The Finnish Defence Forces spurned an offer by the Chinese Polar Research Institute to buy or rent Kemijärvi airport over security reasons.
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Russian Arctic research in high spirits as yard sets the "North Pole" afloat

The unique vessel is to make its maiden voyage into icy waters in the course of Russia's chairmanship period in the Arctic Council.
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Arctic science mission wraps up as research ship docks in Germany
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Arctic science mission wraps up as research ship docks in Germany

The Polarstern docked at its home port of Bremerhaven nearly 13 months after it left Norway to study the rapidly changing Arctic.
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Environmental groups brace for a new era of fear and federal targeting

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Pope Francis made climate change a moral crisis. Following his death, the world needs a new voice

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Clean energy tech is outpacing politics and reshaping the global power landscape

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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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Trump administration’s shutdown of USAID devastates global conservation efforts