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Canada to claim North Pole: Minister

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 06:15

Canada has signalled intentions to claim the North Pole and surrounding Arctic waters while announcing the filing of a UN application seeking to vastly expand its Atlantic sea boundary.

Katy Perry, Arctic Monkeys to perform at Brit Awards

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 08:25

Katy Perry and the member of rock band Arctic Monkeys will perform at the 2014`s Brit Awards to be held here Feb 19.

Russia frees last of 30 Greenpeace detainees

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 22:27

Russia has freed the last of 30 people detained after a Greenpeace protest in Arctic waters.

Russia frees Greenpeace`s Arctic activist

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 22:31

Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell, the last of the 30 Arctic detainees, was granted bail Thursday by a court in Russia`s St. Petersburg, the group said in a statement here.

Russia frees nine more Greenpeace activists on bail

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 08:42

Russian courts on Tuesday granted bail to nine foreign Greenpeace activists detained for a protest in the Arctic, bringing to 12 the number released over the last days and raising hopes of a solution to a case which has raised global concern.

Russian court bails three of 30 Greenpeace protesters

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 16:02

Three Russians who were among 30 people arrested for a Greenpeace protest against offshore Arctic drilling were granted bail on Monday in a case that has drawn fierce criticism from abroad.

Russian court releases Greenpeace ship doctor on bail: Group

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 22:10

A court in Russia`s second city of Saint Petersburg on Monday released on bail one of the 30 Greenpeace crew members arrested for an Arctic protest.

Greenpeace to protest across India

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 18:38

A group of Greenpeace activists will hold a 30-hour long protest across 30 cities in India Saturday, demanding the release of their 30 counterparts arrested by the Russian authorities in the Arctic region in September.

Study finds climate link to `Atmospheric River` storms

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 09:39

A new study led by NASA of "atmospheric river" storms from the Pacific Ocean may help researchers better predict major winter snowfalls that hit West Coast mountains.

Tribunal begins `Arctic Sunrise` hearing against Moscow

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 18:47

An international maritime court began hearing Wednesday a Dutch complaint over Russia`s weeks-long detention of a Greenpeace protest ship and its 30 crew members, proceedings which Moscow is boycotting.

Reindeers` eyes change colour over course of seasons

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 14:49

Scientists have discovered that reindeer eyes changes colour from gold to blue over the course of the year.

NASA to map Greenland ice sheet summer melt

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 11:22

For the first time, the Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor, or LVIS, is set to fly aboard NASA`s new C-130 aircraft to map Greenland`s ice sheet and surrounding Arctic sea ice following a summer`s melt.