OTTAWA, Canada — It was supposed to be a meeting of polar pals. But a high-level session on the dramatic climate changes in the Arctic turned chilly Monday, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rapped Canada for leaving out several players, says post-gazette.com more »

According to ottawacitizen.com, foreign ministers from Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark and Norway are meeting in Chelsea, Quebec, today — with the Arctic on the agenda, and China on their minds. more »

Canada and Denmark have begun discussions aimed at resolving a decades-old boundary dispute in the Arctic Ocean, Canwest News Service has learned. more »

A study of Arctic countries around the world has found a significant buildup of military muscle in the North — from go-anywhere icebreakers to fast ice-capable warships. more »

According to guardian.co.uk, much of the record breaking loss of ice in the Arctic ocean in recent years is down to the region’s swirling winds and is not a direct result of global warming, a new study reveals. more »

NASA scientists say tracking changes in polar ice can help them better predict changes in climate and sea level.  NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission – the largest-ever airborne survey of the Earth’s polar ice – kicked off its second year of study this week, says voanews.com more »

According to sentinelsource.com, AU.N. organization that regulates wildlife trade voted Thursday against bans on hunting polar bears threatened by shrinking Arctic ice and on fishing for the Atlantic bluefin tuna, a species that can grow to nearly 1,400 pounds and is prized in Japan for sushi and sashimi.

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NASA has a new tradition for the annual rites of spring: aerial assessments of Arctic sea ice, considered by many scientists to be ground zero for charting climate change, says news.discovery.com more »