Arctic ocean News
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Scientists are worried about methane bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean. The thawing of the Arctic as temperatures rise is releasing methane in the seabed. Scientists say high levels of the gas in the atmosphere could speed up climate change.
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More than 100 Beluga whales are trapped between ice floes in the Chukotka region of Russia, with government officials seeking an icebreaker, as the whales are at risk of death from exhaustion, lack of food, and predators.
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Edinburgh -
As the oil and gas industry plows into the Arctic's frigid and inhospitable waters, a member's oil spill response plan has found the light of day, despite best efforts to keep it secret, and gives credence to concerns over the next great catastrophe.
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ExxonMobile and state-controlled Russian oil behemoth OAO Rosneft have reached a $3.2 billion deal to develop Arctic and Black Sea hydrocarbon resources, as well as in other countries across the globe, and will share their expertise in technology.
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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is behind a plan to dump up to 1,200 liters of crude oil in the Arctic Ocean in a bid to test clean-up responses.
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Portland -
Shell had won a bidding war to successfully nab a couple of oil leases back in 2005 for the Beaufort Sea. But after a legal challenge in 2007, Shell was forced to suspend it's oil exploration activities.
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When the environment's equilibrium is broken things spiral out of control and deterioration feeds upon itself. It won’t be 2100 before people start to die because of global warming; in fact, it's already started.
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Arctic ocean Headlines
UK scientists use radar satellites to measure a huge dome of fresh water that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean.
Scientists find astonishing richness in species in Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
 Cracks in Arctic sea ice are leaking alarming levels of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide, according to NASA scientists.
 A Canadian scientist claims the Arctic Ocean will be open for regular commercial shipping within the next five to 10 years, but changing ice conditions could bring new hazards to ships.
Arctic Monkeys will play at the first Orion festival, being put on by Metallica in the US.
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Cairn's oil spill response plan.
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Arctic ocean Blogs
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