Every few months, when the wind's blowing in the right direction, a bottle of air is taken from Kennaook / Cape Grim, at the northern tip of Tasmania, and saved for science. Here's how and why.
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Norway's Supreme Court could set a legal precedent for control of the natural resources around the strategically important Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic
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The artificial island of Lynetteholm is meant to protect the Danish capital from floods and provide housing – but critics accuse the project of greenwashing
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Research group Whale Wise are investigating how net entanglement is affecting humpback whale populations in Iceland using drones
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The insane scale of Europe's new mega-tunnel – Denmark is building a record-breaking tunnel to Germany
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Helsinki is tapping an unexpected source of energy to heat its homes – cold water extracted from deep in the Baltic Sea
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If the goal of Denmark is to end piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, a focus on constructive political dialogues could be a good place to start
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Corpus Christi sold its water to Exxon, gambling on desalination. So far, it is losing the bet.
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Baltic Pipe pipeline between Norway and Poland received its first direct deliveries of Norwegian gas – Danish terminal started operations following delays
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Driftwood floats thousands of kilometers from Siberia to Iceland, but it may drift no longer by 2060 due to climate change
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Microphones dropped into ocean off Greenland to record melting icebergs – artist Siobhán McDonald will turn recordings into an acoustic installation
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Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population collapses
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Edinburgh-based Skyrora got its suborbital Skylark L rocket successfully off an Icelandic launch pad – but the booster didn't go far, falling into the Norwegian Sea
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Operator of Nord Stream 2 confirmed that a leak in the pipeline has been detected southeast of the Danish island Bornholm in the Baltic Sea
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Clues to the near-future behaviour of a warming Greenland, and perhaps even a warming Antarctic, buried under the North Sea
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Norway-Poland gas pipeline opens in key move to cut dependency on Russia – could be at full capacity a month early due to good progress on work in Denmark
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Denmark and Germany now building the world's longest immersed tunnel
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Two Swedish filmmakers have been found guilty of illegally disturbing the MS Estonia ferry, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people
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Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least twenty-seven centimeters on its own
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock signed a deal with Denmark to boost investment in hydro and wind power
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Instead of a field, hundreds of Danish growers now share patches of the ocean, growing mussels, sea kelp and more
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Greenland ice sheet saw a sharp spike in the rate and extent of melting last week – eighteen billion tons of water in just three days
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Greenland sharks born long before the Industrial Revolution are still hunting Arctic waters to this day – but they face an uncertain future
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NASA scientists to study ice, snow and melt ponds in the Arctic Ocean during the warmer summer months to better understand melting sea ice
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Faroe Islands to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500 animals after receiving widespread criticism
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As Europe searches the world for oil to replace Russian barrels, the Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea is helping plug the gap
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After a four-year hiatus, Iceland's last remaining whaling company will resume its hunt this summer, much to the chagrin of tourism officials
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What happened to giant hovercraft?
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Scientists want to protect narwhals, but the Greenlanders who hunt them say their traditions are being ignored
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Norway is vowing to help Europe turn away from Russian gas, but that's set off a political battle with the left-wing opposition that rejects expanded gas exploration
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Nurdles: The massive, unregulated source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of
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The construction of two energy islands off the coast of Denmark is being sped up to help wean the country off Russian fossil fuels
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Bilge dumping: The worst pollution you've never heard of
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As the world experiences sea level rise, Iceland's waters are falling – and flowing to the other side of the planet
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From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap seaweed's huge potential
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Iceland's plan to end commercial whaling is driven by falling demand but also a fifteen-year-long campaign aimed at their biggest consumers of whale meat – tourists
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The portentous comeback of humpback whales
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Iceland's last remaining whaling company said it planned to hunt this summer for the first time since 2018
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Endurance, Ernest Shackleton’s ship, lost in 1915, is found in Antarctica
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Denmark has authorised the construction of a new pipeline between Norway and Poland to reduce Warsaw's dependence on Russian gas
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Denmark and the United States have begun talks about a new defence agreement that could include US troops on Danish soil
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Commercial whaling in Iceland could be banned within two years, after a government minister said there was little justification for the practice
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NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean
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A 'blue blob' in the North Atlantic Ocean has been slowing down the melting of Iceland's glaciers, a new study suggests
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Three suspected pirates who were detained for six weeks on a Danish warship off West Africa's coast have been released at sea in a small dinghy
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Gathering storm: The industrial infrastructure catastrophe looming over America’s gulf coast
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Investigation launched for 'drunkenness at sea' after ships crash in Baltic Sea – one crew member of capsized Danish barge has died and another is still missing
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UK has reached an agreement with Norway and the EU over how to divide fish stocks in the North Sea next year
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Construction work has begun on the German side of an underwater tunnel connecting Germany and Denmark – €7 billion project set to be completed by 2029
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Tidal kites with a five-metre wingspan move underwater in a figure-of-eight pattern, absorbing energy from the running tide to generate electricity
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