Scientists are increasingly concerned by the effects of exhaust pollution on sealife. The sea around Iceland is reaching its maximum pollution tolerance level, says one oceanographer. Read the full story

Some glaciers in Greenland melt slower in warm summers than in cool ones, according to a new study. Read the full story

Iceland’s seabirds are in rapid decline and a leading zoologist claims there is no end to the crisis in sight. Read the full story

Norway has signed a climate deal worth USD 1 billion with Indonesia which will see Jakarta agree to a two-year ban on new permits to fell the country’s natural forests. USD 30 million has already been released by Norway with the rest due to reach Indonesia once the country can prove its greenhouse gases have been reduced. Read the full story

The following is an open letter on climate change sent from Anthony Giddens and Martin Rees to leading media sources in over 50 countries: Read the full story

The European Union has accused Greenland and other Arctic nations of failing to ensure the environment in the far north is properly safeguarded. Vice president of the EU, Diana Wallis, said she could imagine “people on the streets” protesting if wider international stewardship is not guaranteed. Read the full story

Government experts in Denmark’s Climate Commission have presented a report that calls for the country to become completely fossil-fuel-free by 2050. The paper recommends a massive increase in alternative energy forms, such as biomass and wind farms, and suggests strategies to make oil and coal redundant in Denmark over the next 40 years. Read the full story

A coalition of environmental groups including 350.org and Greenpeace have teamed up to create the 10/10/10 Global Work Party occurring today in thousands of different community activities in almost every country in the world – including all the Nordic countries. Read the full story

Five icebergs off the coast of Greenland have been fitted with satellite trackers so their movements can be monitored online. Knut Solberg, a Norwegian climate change scientists and Arctic adventurer, scaled the floating ice mountains himself in order to attach the global positioning system (GPS) transmitters. Read the full story

Farmers in southern Greenland have spoken about the benefits of global warming, as the biggest block of ice since the sixties breaks off the country’s northwest coast. According to researchers at a US university, an ice sheet measuring 260-sq kilometres – the largest since 1962 – detached itself from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland this week. Read the full story