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Shocking temperatures across the Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 13:57
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The hottest October ever in Europe is now followed by a November weekend with an average of 6,7°C above normal

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Record November warmth in Svalbard, Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 10:44
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The Arctic fox is waiting for a delayed winter. 9.4 °C measured at the weather station in Reindalspasset just after

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Norwegian Coast Guard sails high-latitude Arctic voyage to Beaufort Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 10:57
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KV Svalbard is called in to recover three moored instruments vital for measuring temperatures throughout the Arctic Ocean. The job

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Environment (Norway) Norway 

2020 shaping up to have second lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2020 at 15:09
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This season’s sea-ice extent is soon reaching minimum, with a specially sharp decline north of Svalbard and Russia’s Arctic archipelagos.

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Norway’s Svalbard experienced hottest summer on record

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 16:04
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Glaciers are melting, permafrost thaws and buildings are sagging. What scares the scientists most is studies of decomposing carbon from

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Polar bear kills Dutch citizen on Norway’s remote Svalbard Islands

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2020 at 12:57
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A polar bear attacked a camping site Friday in Norway’s remote Svalbard Islands, killing a 38-year-old Dutch man before being

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Climate change hits back at Svalbard, coal mine flooded by melting glacier in Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 12:18
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Large water penetration in Gruve 7 (Mine 7) was discovered on Sunday July 26 during a routine inspection, the Store Norske

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Norway’s Supreme Court to decide landmark climate case against Arctic oil in November

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 10:11
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After losing two lower courts, four Norwegian environmental organizations in April this year got acceptance to bring their case against Arctic oil

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Norway to expand network of electric car chargers across Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2020 at 10:01
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25 charging stations across the county of Troms and Finnmark will make even the remotest corners reachable in cold winter

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Svalbard: Colder than normal for the first time in 10 years

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 13:08
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Not since November 2011 has Svalbard had a monthly average temperature colder than normal. “Average temperature for March was -16,2

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Unusual amounts of snow and ice threaten reindeer in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 23, 2020 at 12:55
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“It’s a serious crisis,” says Elisabeth Aspaker, County Governor of Norway’s northernmost region. She calls on everyone not to disturb

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Extremely low pressure grounds some air traffic in northern Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 10:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 10:34
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The past months have seen extraordinarily rough weather along the north Norwegian coast. Early this week came another extreme. The

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Battery-powered tour buses come to Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 11:18
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The travel industry goes green and the north is no exception when tour-busses aims for zero emission. It is the

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway RCI 

Methane emissions in Arctic Ocean have long been overestimated, study claims

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 18:30
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A new study from UiT The Arctic University of Norway revealed that estimates of methane emissions released from the Arctic

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

The Tromso-winter in Arctic Norway now 17 days shorter than 30 years ago

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 09:04 — Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2020 at 17:17
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Kirkenes, on the coast to the Barents Sea, woke up to 2° Celsius and rain Wednesday. In Tromsø, Norway’s largest city

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