AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoSea Ice: Arctic sea ice tied for its 10th-lowest minimum on record, reaching 4.60 million square kilometres despite a cool, stormy summer. Loose ice let an icebreaker reach the North Pole. EU Arctic Policy: The EU backs cleaner fuels to curb black carbon from Arctic shipping, which can speed ice melt. But its updated strategy drops a call for a binding ban on new oil and gas drilling, while still urging fossil fuels to stay in the ground. Greenland’s Ice: Sediment from Camp Century shows the site was ice-free about 416,000 years ago, when summer temperatures were 4.7°C warmer than today. Researchers say the finding highlights the risk of prolonged warming. Mining: Greenland’s parliament has unanimously rejected deep-sea mineral extraction, reinforcing the island’s pushback against seabed mining.
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