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Arctic "report card" points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change

This past summer in the Arctic was the warmest since 1900, leading to early snowmelt and diminished sea ice.

WEKU · Dec 12, 2023

Arctic Report Card 2023: From wildfires to melting sea ice, the warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across the Arctic

The year 2023 shattered the record for the warmest summer in the Arctic, and people and ecosystems across the region felt the impact.

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2023

Inuit Communities Show Alarming Levels Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Remote Areas

Danish researchers find Inuit populations in Greenland with dangerously high levels of PFAS chemicals in their blood.

Zenger · Dec 11, 2023

Alarming collapse of Greenland ice shelves sparks warning of sea level rise

Three of North Greenland's eight enormous ice shelves have already undergone complete collapse.

LiveScience · Nov 8, 2023

Indigenous people and climate change: With the Inuit when the ice melts (2/4)

FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of the people who are on the front lines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the Indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are…

France 24 · Oct 27, 2023

First Thing: US launches airstrikes in Syria tied to Iran-backed fighters

Airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria signal a new willingness in Washington to engage directly in the Middle East crisis. Plus: the search continues for the Maine gunman

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023

At what threshold is Greenland ice cap’s melting irreversible?

Melting of the 3km-thick ice cap is one of the biggest contributors to sea level rise but can be halted

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023

Indigenous people and climate change: With Kenya's Turkana people, when drought kills (1/4)

FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of the people who are on the frontlines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama, via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are being…

France 24 · Oct 20, 2023

What will happen to the Greenland ice sheet if we miss our global warming targets

It’s hard to overstate how crucial Greenland, and its kilometres-thick ice layer, is to climate change. If all that ice melted, the sea would rise by about seven metres – the height of a house.

The Conversation · Oct 18, 2023

Greenland women seek compensation after involuntary birth control scandal

Thousands of women and girls as young as 13 were fitted with coils without their consent in the 1960s, according to a report

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023