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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🚨SHOCKING: A UK government agency is trying to spray clouds with MORE pollutants to reflect sunlight back into space in an attempt to tackle climate change. 🤡 Instead of kicking the can down the road, maybe the government could just STOP new oil and gas and invest in renewables??
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
‪Clean Arctic Alliance‬ ‪@cleanarctic.bsky.social‬ @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Global Sea Ice Loss Report bit.ly/mar25seaice @imohq.bsky.social @sianprior.bsky.social
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Clean Arctic Alliance Reaction to Copernicus Global Sea Ice Loss Report
Responding to reports from EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service that global sea ice cover reached a record low in February, the Clean Arctic Alliance today called on the International Maritime Organ...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
“This new rule must mean that only polar fuels – fuels that result in low or zero emissions of black carbon – can be used in and near to the Arctic.” @sianprior.bsky.social bit.ly/mar25seaice
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Clean Arctic Alliance Reaction to Copernicus Global Sea Ice Loss Report
Responding to reports from EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service that global sea ice cover reached a record low in February, the Clean Arctic Alliance today called on the International Maritime Organ...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“It’s used by a lot of ships in many different parts of the world. Most of the heavy fuels also have very high sulfur levels, which when burned releases sulfur oxides, which is bad for health and the environment.” @sianprior.bsky.social @cleanarctic.bsky.asocial therevelator.org/black-sea-oi...
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Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Causes a Deadly Oil Spill on the Black Sea • The Revelator
Russia’s “shadow fleet” of aging oil tankers helps fund the ongoing war but puts the region at risk of more environmental disasters.
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“IMO member states must set the stage for development of a concrete proposal for next year’s PPR 13 that will reduce black carbon emissions from ships operating in and near the Arctic”, added @sianprior.bsky.social bit.ly/eca2025info
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Infographic: Why Emission Control Areas Are the Best Tool for Tackling Air Pollution from Ships at Sea
Emission Control Areas (ECAs) are an International Maritime Organization(IMO) tool designed to reduce atmospheric pollutants from ships.
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Shipping pollution: World’s largest ECA to stretch from Portugal to Greenland splash247.com/worlds-large... @splash247.bsky.social @soenkediesener.bsky.social @nabu.de @cleanarctic.bsky.social @sianprior.bsky.social
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World’s largest ECA to stretch from Portugal to Greenland - Splash247
At this week’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting held at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the world’s biggest emission control area (ECA) has been agreed upon.  Th...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 01/05/2025
April #Arctic sea ice thickness by decade... 📉 Data from psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
Four polar stereographic maps showing Arctic sea ice thickness for the month of April in 1985-1994, 1995-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-2024. Thickness is shown with colors from black at 0 meters to purple at 2.5 meters to white at 5.0 meters. Sea ice in thinning in all regions over time.
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
UN Shipping Body @imohq.bsky.social shows support for Polar Fuels, but takes no action to reduce Black Carbon Emissions cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/02/03/u...
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- Cyprus Shipping News
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12) closes today in London, […]
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Stemming the Plastic Tide in the Arctic www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gly8... @unesco.org
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Stemming the Plastic Tide in the Arctic | National Geographic
YouTube video by National Geographic
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"Without a ban on discharge of scrubber wastewater — or a mandate to use cleaner distillate fuels — ecosystems, ocean resources and coastal communities will continue to be threatened & human health risks will increase. " alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/19/c... @alaskabeacon.com @pacenvironment.bsky.social
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Cruise ship scrubbers pollute Alaska air and waters • Alaska Beacon
Scrubbers on cruise ships cause multiple unnecessary costs and risks that are currently going unaddressed, Kay Brown writes in a commentary.
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Spoof ad promotes fake mascot ‘Scrubby Greenwash’ to LNG execs US-based activists sneak ad in journal promising to mitigate ‘reputational risks’ of investing in liquefied natural gas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @dharna.bsky.social
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Spoof ad promotes fake mascot ‘Scrubby Greenwash’ to LNG execs
US-based activists sneak ad in journal promising to mitigate ‘reputational risks’ of investing in liquefied natural gas
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/02/2025
Another day witnessing the collapse of everything ... At 21.043°C, the global sea-surface temperature is now ranked officially as "gobsmacking bananas." This temperature is now less than 0.13°C from being in "uncharted territory." Stay tuned for more bananas!
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sianprior.bsky.social @sianprior.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Arctic sea ice is currently at a record low, but still international shipping in the Arctic emits black carbon - a short-lived climate forcer with a disproportionate impact on snow and ice - completely unregulated! #Switchtodistillate #Installafilter #Protecttheice
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Melting glaciers have caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century alone, a decades-long study has revealed.
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Melting glaciers caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century, study reveals
Decades-long research shows world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of ice between 2000 and 2023
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The inimitable Kay Brown explaining why scrubbers must be banned now! #BanScrubbers #CruiseMaine #CruisePortland Welcome to Bluesky @pacenvironment.bsky.social
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 15/02/2025
Not content with simply poisoning the air we breathe, contaminating the water we drink, and destabilizing the global content, fracking decided to also cause *checks notes* earthquakes 😬
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The fracking frenzy in B.C and Texas is leading to record-breaking earthquakes | CBC News
Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight to stop fracking wells near his home in Farmington, B.C.
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Irene Quaile @iceblogger.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
My new post on the Iceblog: #Arctic #Cllimate #Trump #Greenland iceblog.org/2025/01/23/2...
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2025: Chilling prospects for a warming Arctic
Trump leaves Paris (Agreement) and sets his sights on Greenland – China and Russia flex muscles in the Arctic, as climate warming transforms the icy north. Business boom or global climate catastrop…
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
UN Shipping Body Shows Support for Polar Fuels, But Takes No Action to Reduce Black Carbon Emissions @imohq.bsky.social @sianprior.bsky.social @eelcoleemans.bsky.social
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UN Shipping Body Shows Support for Polar Fuels, But Takes No Action to Reduce Black Carbon Emissions
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Advocates urge @imohq.bsky.social to take action to reduce black carbon emissions in Arctic maritimefairtrade.org/advocates-ur... @sianprior.bsky.social @eelcoleemans.bsky.social
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Advocates urge IMO to take action to reduce black carbon emissions in Arctic - Maritime Fairtrade
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12) closed January 31 in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the broad suppo...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Via EU reporter: UN shipping body @IMOHQ shows support for polar fuels, but takes no action to reduce black carbon emissions www.eureporter.co/world/arctic... @sianprior.bsky.social @eelcoleemans.bsky.social
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UN shipping body shows support for polar fuels, but takes no action to reduce black carbon emissions - EU Reporter
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12) closed on 31 January in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the broad su...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
UN Shipping body @imohq.bsky.social shows support for polar fuels, but takes no action to reduce black carbon emissions www.hellenicshippingnews.com/un-shipping-... @sianprior.bsky.social @eelcoleemans.bsky.social
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UN Shipping Body Shows Support for Polar Fuels, But Takes No Action to Reduce Black Carbon Emissions | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
and slowing down of ocean circulation patterns drives further warming, it is a travesty that the IMO and its member states allow the shipping industry to continue increasing emissions of black carbon”, added @sianprior.bsky.social bit.ly/ppr12_caa2
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PPR12: UN Shipping Body Shows Support for Polar Fuels, But Takes No Action to Reduce Black Carbon Emissions
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12) closes today in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the broad support fr...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
“While shipping emissions in and near the Arctic continue to rise, other sectors, such as land-based diesel-powered engines, oil and gas operations and agriculture, are actively reducing their emissions of black carbon.” @sianprior.bsky.social bit.ly/ppr12_caa2
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PPR12: UN Shipping Body Shows Support for Polar Fuels, But Takes No Action to Reduce Black Carbon Emissions
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12) closes today in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the broad support fr...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Join us on January 21st: Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the #Arctic - @cleanarctic.bsky.social briefing ahead of this month’s @imohq.bsky.social: Pollution Prevention & Response Sub-committee (#PPR12) bit.ly/PPR12BR @sianprior.bsky.social @eelcoleemans.bsky.social
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Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the Arctic: Clean Arctic Alliance Briefing Ahead of IMO PPR 12 Shipping Meeting
Ahead of the IMO’s Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12), which will meet from 27-31 January 2025, this online briefing will provide insights on the agenda, likely discussions and…
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The @cleanarctic.bsky.social calls on Arctic Council, under Norway’s leadership, to adopt new ambitious targets that to reduce emissions of black carbon & methane - @sianprior.bsky.social & Andrew Dumbrille @equalroutes.bsky.social @highnorthnews.bsky.social buff.ly/4ad6ILX
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Targeting Black Carbon and Methane at the Arctic Council
Op-ed: The Clean Arctic Alliance is calling for the Arctic Council, under Norway’s leadership, to adopt new ambitious targets that will reduce emissions of black carbon and methane, writes Dr. Sian…
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Join us on January 21st: Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the #Arctic - @cleanarctic.bsky.social briefing ahead of this month’s @imohq.bsky.social: Pollution Prevention & Response Sub-committee (#PPR12) bit.ly/PPR12BR @sianprior.bsky.social #climateaction
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Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the Arctic: Clean Arctic Alliance Briefing Ahead of IMO PPR 12 Shipping Meeting
Ahead of the IMO’s Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12), which will meet from 27-31 January 2025, this online briefing will provide insights on the agenda, likely discussions and…
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The @cleanarctic.bsky.social calls on Arctic Council, under Norway’s leadership, to adopt new ambitious targets that to reduce emissions of black carbon & methane - @sianprior.bsky.social & Andrew Dumbrille @equalroutes.bsky.social @highnorthnews.bsky.social 🚢 buff.ly/4ad6ILX
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Targeting Black Carbon and Methane at the Arctic Council
Op-ed: The Clean Arctic Alliance is calling for the Arctic Council, under Norway’s leadership, to adopt new ambitious targets that will reduce emissions of black carbon and methane, writes Dr. Sian…
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Targeting Black Carbon and Methane at the Arctic Council www.highnorthnews.com/en/targeting... @sianprior.bsky.social
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Targeting Black Carbon and Methane at the Arctic Council
Op-ed: The Clean Arctic Alliance is calling for the Arctic Council, under Norway’s leadership, to adopt new ambitious targets that will reduce emissions of black carbon and methane, writes Dr. Sian Pr...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Join us on January 21st: Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the #Arctic - @cleanarctic.bsky.social briefing ahead of this month’s @imohq.bsky.social: Pollution Prevention & Response Sub-committee (#PPR12) bit.ly/PPR12BR @sianprior.bsky.social #climateaction
Join us on January 21st: Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the #Arctic - @cleanarctic.bsky.social briefing ahead of this month’s @imohq.bsky.social: Pollution Prevention & Response Sub-committee (#PPR12) bit.ly/PPR12BR 
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"le black carbon a également un "impact disproportionné" sur la fonte de la banquise de l'océan Arctique, selon @sianprior.bsky.social
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De l'Arctique à l'Himalaya, le "black carbon", un super polluant méconnu
Il sature l'atmosphère de nombreux pays d'Asie, envahit les océans et fait fondre les glaciers de l'Himalaya et la banquise arctique : le "black carbon", ou carbone suie, est un "super polluant", méco...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Join us on January 21st: Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the #Arctic - @cleanarctic.bsky.social briefing ahead of this month’s @imohq.bsky.social: Pollution Prevention & Response Sub-committee (#PPR12) bit.ly/PPR12BR @sianprior.bsky.social #climateaction
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Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the Arctic: Clean Arctic Alliance Briefing Ahead of IMO PPR 12 Shipping Meeting
Ahead of the IMO’s Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12), which will meet from 27-31 January 2025, this online briefing will provide insights on the agenda, likely discussions and…
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Join us on January 21st: Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the Arctic @cleanarctic.bsky.social briefing ahead of this month’s @imohq.bsky.social Pollution Prevention & Response Sub-committee (#PPR12) bit.ly/PPR12BR @sianprior.bsky.social
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Black Carbon, Scrubbers and the Arctic: Clean Arctic Alliance Briefing Ahead of IMO PPR 12 Shipping Meeting
Ahead of the IMO’s Pollution Prevention and Response sub-committee (PPR 12), which will meet from 27-31 January 2025, this online briefing will provide insights on the agenda, likely discussions and p...
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Russian spill sparks call for fully implementing @IMO’s Arctic fuel oil ban www.tradewindsnews.com/sustainabili... @tradewinds.bsky.social @sianprior.bsky.social
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Russian spill sparks call for fully implementing IMO’s Arctic fuel oil ban
Cleanup efforts continue after oil washes up on beaches in Black Sea
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 28/12/2024
Simulated reconstruction of December #Arctic sea ice thickness since 1901. Large interannual variability, but watch what happens in recent years... Information about this data: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI.... Data set only available through 2010.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 26/12/2024
100 years of November sea surface temperature anomalies. Again, check out the long-term warming and patterns of climate variability (e.g., El Niño/La Niña). Data from ERSSTv5 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext... 🌊
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Fuel oil kills almost all wildlife at the bottom of the Black Sea in the area where the tanker sank - hundreds of thousands of crabs, jellyfish, rapa whelks and mollusks have died in the dangerous black sludge
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Responding to Kerch Strait oil spill: All Arctic nations must urgently implement the full intent of IMO Arctic HFO ban, instead of hiding behind waivers & exemptions that currently allow ongoing use of heavy fuel oil as a result of loopholes. @sianprior.bsky.social
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Clean Arctic Alliance Response To Kerch Strait Heavy Fuel Oil Spill from Antiquated Tankers
All Arctic nations, including Russia, must urgently implement the full intent of the International Maritime Organization’s Arctic HFO ban, instead of hiding behind the waivers and exemptions that…
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International Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 09/09/2024
Black carbon emissions from fossil fuel exploitation and exploration in and near the Arctic are growing. Reducing these emissions improves air quality, enhances public health, and increases resilience to climate change. @WEF article: weforum.org/agenda/2024/09…
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International Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 12/11/2024
⬇️ PUBLISHED TODAY ⬇️ The State of the Cryosphere 2024 report: over 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn of vastly higher impacts and costs to the global economy given accelerating losses in the world’s snow and ice regions. Read here: iccinet.org/statecryo24/
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International Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 14/11/2024
Dr. Robbie Mallett @UiTNorgesarktis shares his research on Sea Ice Day @COP29_AZ, covering topics from Arctic amplification to warm currents of Atlantic water seeping into the Barents Sea. Watch his closing presentation live: 🌍 youtube.com/watch?v=gdgqgq… iccinet.org/cop29-cryosphe…
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International Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 15/11/2024
Is AMOC shutting down? Tomorrow at #COP29, (16:00 GMT+4), Prof Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf explains his newly revised opinion of the high risk of AMOC shutdown in a pre-recorded lecture. Live commentary and Q&A with Cryosphere Pavilion scientists in person in Baku will follow.
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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
World Sustainable Transport Day Marked by Calls to Clean Up Shipping and Protect Arctic bit.ly/wstday2024 #sustainabletransportday
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World Sustainable Transport Day Marked by Calls to Clean Up Shipping and Protect Arctic
Following a challenging UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP29) and to mark the UN’s World Sustainable Transport Day, the Clean Arctic Alliance today called on Arctic shipping operators and the UN’s Inte...
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Equal Routes @equalroutes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Canada sets course with draft Ocean Noise Strategy – risks drifting if clear targets aren’t set blog.equalroutes.ca/posts/canada...
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Canada sets course with draft Ocean Noise Strategy – risks drifting if clear targets aren’t set | Equal Routes Blog
Equal Routes blog - a space for all the latest articles and resources
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