Canada-Nunavut:
Nunavut MLAs passed a motion March 11 that calls on the GN to order that the Nunavut Liquor Commission impose a moratorium on its purchase of alcohol products from European Union member states, to protest the EU’s import ban on seal products.
Nunavut MLAs vote to ban EU booze
Nunavut MLAs passed a motion March 11 that calls on the GN to order that the Nunavut Liquor Commission impose a moratorium on its purchase of alcohol products from European Union member states, to protest the EU’s import ban on seal products.
International:
The Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species, Cites, which begins its 12-day meeting March 13 in Doha, Qatar, will look at banning the trade of polar bear products world-wide.
Canada-Northwest Territories:
There's no difference between day and night for the lucky reindeer.
CLIMATE CHANGE:
Svalbard's seed vault safeguards the most diverse collection of seeds in history.
Book/ Movie Reviews:
Director Joonas Neuvonen highlights the lives of drug addicts in the northern city of Rovaniemi in his new film, called Reindeer Spotting.
What a place to talk about polar bears
The Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species, Cites, which begins its 12-day meeting March 13 in Doha, Qatar, will look at banning the trade of polar bear products world-wide.
No inner clock
There's no difference between day and night for the lucky reindeer.
500,000 seeds and counting
Svalbard's seed vault safeguards the most diverse collection of seeds in history.
Reindeer Spotting...Pako Joulumaasta
Director Joonas Neuvonen highlights the lives of drug addicts in the northern city of Rovaniemi in his new film, called Reindeer Spotting.
CLIMATE CHANGE:
14,000 to 45,000 years ago, massive ice sheets covered much of the continent, but northern Alaska was a grassland
Norway:
The CO2 storage reservoirs have less capacity than expected— and that's been tested by higher-than-anticipated levels of CO2 production...
Iceland:
The authors of a new report, “Ridding the Arctic of Nuclear Weapons, A Task Long Overdue,' say creation of the world’s seventh official nuclear-free zone would be “daunting” as military competition is on the rise in the Arctic.
Looking at remains of ground squirrels for hints about the past
14,000 to 45,000 years ago, massive ice sheets covered much of the continent, but northern Alaska was a grassland
Melkøya plant produces liquid natural gas—— and greenhouse gas emissions
The CO2 storage reservoirs have less capacity than expected— and that's been tested by higher-than-anticipated levels of CO2 production...
Iceland to put age limit on tanning bed use
The Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority proposed the ban last November.
International:
Nuclear free Arctic!
The authors of a new report, “Ridding the Arctic of Nuclear Weapons, A Task Long Overdue,' say creation of the world’s seventh official nuclear-free zone would be “daunting” as military competition is on the rise in the Arctic.
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