According to planetsave.com, the diminishing Arctic sea ice cover has largely been blamed on climate change and human global warming. New research from Norway suggests this may not be the case. more »

According to nytimes.com, the leaders of Russia and Norway amicably resolved on Tuesday a 40-year-old dispute over dividing the Barents Sea and part of the Arctic Ocean into clear economic zones that extend to the edge of Europe’s northern continental shelf. more »

OSLO, April 26 (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said it was possible to secure a deal with Norway over a disputed Barents Sea border region, whose delineation could unlock access to oil and gas resources. more »

These days, I see how optimistic and positive disaster and apocalypse movies were. Remember how, when those giant asteroids or alien spaceships headed directly for Earth, everyone rallied and acted as one while our leaders led? We’re in a movie like that now, except that there’s not a lot of rallying or much leading above the grassroots level, says yesmagazine.org more »

Climate change is a hot topic, but local NASA navigator Manny Antimisiaris is cold, says the-signal.com

That’s because the 48-year-old is finishing up a nearly six-week mission flying over Arctic ice caps, as a NASA science crew researches climate changes in the masses of ice below. more »

According to chinadialogue.net, China is paying increasing attention to the melting of the ice in the Arctic Ocean as a result of climate change. The prospect of the Arctic being navigable during summer months, leading to both shorter shipping routes and access to untapped energy resources, has impelled the government to allocate more resources to Arctic research. Chinese officials have also started to think about what kind of policies would help the country to benefit from an ice-free Arctic environment. more »

According to digitalhome.ca, in some of the world’s most desolate and stunning locations, the damaging impact of human activity is evident; climate change is hitting the Arctic harder and faster than any other region on Earth. more »

According to guardian.co.uk, his account of his travels to the far north, the ancient Greek explorer Pytheas recalled encountering a wall of ice and dense fog, probably in waters around Iceland. “There was no longer land or sea or air but a kind of substance concreted from all of these elements,” he wrote, adding that the water now resembled a “sea-lung”. more »