Sea Ice Melt

It’s Not All About Oil and Gas in the Arctic

By Roman Kilisek

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Why the US should strive for a Holistic Regional Framework on Sustainable Offshore Natural Resource Development Over the weekend, the US assumed the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum, at the conclusion of the 2015 ministerial meeting in Iqaluit (Canada). The US has outlined a policy agenda with a focus on… Keep reading →

 /  Published April 29, 2015 at 12:00 PM

Energy News Roundup: Melting Ice Causes Major Map Change, Eerily Calm Markets and Oil ETF Rising

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Greenland: A Laboratory For The Symptoms Of Global Warming

National Geographic says shrinking sea ice is causing the largest redrawing of its global atlas since the breakup of the Soviet Union. “Ice loss is accelerated in the Arctic because of a phenomenon known as the feedback loop: Thin ice is less reflective than thick ice, allowing more sunlight to be absorbed by the ocean,… Keep reading →

 /  Published June 11, 2014 at 8:00 AM