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16.10.2010, 09:39
A team of Russian scientists have begun a year-long expedition, drifting on an ice floe in the North Pole. Their aim is to prove Russia’s claim to the resources of the Arctic.
20.12.2008, 09:01
Melting ice caps mean that one of the world's largest islands, Greenland, is getting closer to discovering the vast oil reserves, thought to exist beneath its icy waters.
11.08.2009, 22:06
Temperatures in the Arctic might increase by nine degrees by the end of the century, which is considered a tremendous change said Patrick Tucker, director of communications for the World Future Society.
03.06.2010, 13:10
Does climate change really pose a great threat to the planet, and how can countries take advantage of global warming? RT spoke to Aleksandr Bedritsky, the Russian presidential advisor on climate change.
21.10.2010, 18:36
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Russia is considering becoming the world’s top supplier of fresh water as growing demand turns it into a strategic resource. That is if it can upgrade its own consumption to modern standards.
07.12.2009, 10:38
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Climate change has always existed and humankind does not have the power to affect it insists a critic of global warming theory, Lord Christopher Monckton, on the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
13.05.2010, 16:59
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Oil spills, global warming, species extinction and foreign wars in oil-producing countries all in the name of short-lived consumerism. How much more can the natural world handle?
20.11.2009, 09:33
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As global leaders begin the herculean task of cooling a warming planet, one UN group has suggested free contraceptives and family planning seminars to reduce the planet’s numbers.
17.12.2009, 08:57
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President Dmitry Medvedev is preparing to join over a hundred leaders at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, which was stalled for nine-hours on Wednesday due to wrangles over the text to be used for the talks.
08.12.2009, 13:08
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While the UN Secretary General has told the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen that mankind is primarily to blame for global warming, 150 scientists have signed an open letter demanding hard evidence for that.
Published: 29 April, 2009, 23:41
At a gathering of Arctic countries in Norway, politicians agreed that action is needed over global warming. But while politicians want to do more to protect the region’s environment they have yet to divide its riches.
