Environment

Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea

10 July 201912 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Bear Island, Komsomlets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, radiation, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel

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Scientists check 30-year-old submarine wreck for radiation in Norwegian Sea

8 July 20198 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bear Island, Komsomolets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine Komsomolets sank in 1989. The unique titanium

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Skiers who died in Arctic Norway last winter triggered avalanche: report

5 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments avalanche, Blåbærfjellet, skiing, Tamok, Troms

A group of skiers who went missing in the Blåbærfjellet region of Norway’s Tamok Valley and were later declared dead

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Arctic fox’s rapid journey from Svalbard to Northern Canada stuns researchers

27 June 201928 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments animals, Arctic fox, Ellesmere Island, Greenland, migration, Svalbard, wildlife

The 3,506 km long sprint of the small animal is stunning researchers. “We first did not believe it was true,”

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Small traces of radioactive Cobalt-60 detected along Norway-Russia border

25 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, Finnmark, nuclear, nuclear submarines, radiation

“The levels measured are very, very low and we don’t know its origin,” says Bredo Møller with Norway’s radiation agency’s

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Barents Sea cod catch should be cut, researchers say

13 June 201913 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, cod, fish, fisheries, food

“The stocks in the Barents Sea are smaller than before.” The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

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Is Norway’s farmed salmon as healthy as we think?

12 June 201913 June 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments algae, exports, fish, fisheries, food, salmon

Swedes love salmon but some scientists and a new film say the farmed variety of the fish isn’t as healthy

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Emissions dropping in EU, but not in Norway

4 June 20194 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, emissions, European Union, global warming, pollution

Despite Arctic heat waves, Norway is not cooling down its emission of gasses causing climate crisis. Emission of climate gasses

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Unfazed by youth climate protests, Norwegian gov expands Arctic drilling

29 May 201931 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, climate change, energy, global warming, oil, youth

Environmentalists say the Norwegian government neglects not only the young protesters, but also professional advice of leading experts. Forty thousand

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Cod moving further north as climate changes in Arctic Europe

16 May 201916 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, climate change, cod, fish, global warming, Jan Mayen, Svalbard

Researchers have never before seen spawning cod in the area of Jan Mayen, east of Greenland. “This is new knowledge

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Icelandic whale sanctuary can’t offer safe haven to beluga freed from harness

3 May 20193 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments beluga, Hammerfest, whales, wildlife

A whale sanctuary in Iceland will not be able to provide safe haven to a lonely beluga whale freed last

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Beluga whale freed from mysterious harness delights residents of Arctic Norwegian town

2 May 20192 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments beluga, Hammerfest, whales, wildlife

A genial beluga whale freed from a mysterious harness by Norwegian fishermen and fisheries officials off the coast of northern

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Friendly beluga whale with mysterious harness raises alarm in Norway

30 April 20193 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments beluga, harness, Norway, whales

A friendly beluga whale freed from a mysterious harness by Norwegian fishermen is raising alarm and questions about the potential

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Greenpeace activists board oil platform in Arctic Norway

29 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, Barents Sea, energy, Equinor, Greenpeace, offshore, oil

Four representatives of Greenpeace jumped onboard oil rig West Hercules as it was being made ready for the drilling of

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Minister downplays environmental impact of planned mine in Arctic Norway

15 April 201915 April 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments copper, Finnmark, fjords, indigenous, Kvalsund, mining, Ola Elvestuen, Repparfjord, Saami, Sami, toxic waste, Water pollution

Dumping of tailings into the Repparfjord on Norway’s Barents Sea coast will not be problematic in such a way that

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