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WMO global temperature update finds 2020 one of three warmest years on record

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 15, 2021 at 14:22
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The year 2020 shaped up to be one of the three warmest years on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Russia has never been this hot

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 15, 2021 at 11:03
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It was the warmest year on record across the whole country, and Arctic regions smashed the temperature norm by up

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Radar stations are under construction in the Russian district of Vorkuta and in the Arctic Murmansk region. (iStock)
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Top Russian official on Arctic affairs resigns

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 16:01
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Aleksandr Krutikov was expected to play a key role in Russia’s upcoming chairmanship in the Arctic Council The First Deputy

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Countries General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia wants to boost tourism to Arctic archipelago

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 8, 2021 at 11:10
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Government developers call for the building of Russian cruise vessels that can bring wealthy travelers to the far northern Franz

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Tankers set course for thick ice as part of experiment on Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 11:14
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As natural gas carrier Christophe de Margerie sails eastwards towards China, the Nikolay Zubov enters the Bering Strait in the

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General RCI Russia Society Society (Russia) The Arctic in pictures 

Russian scientists hope to identify wreckage of legendary Arctic icebreaker in 2021

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 18:35
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The Russian navy plans to deploy a team of divers in 2021 to explore the wreckage of a ship believed

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Russia Society Society (Russia) 

What is happening with Arctic weather? Moscow wants to know

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 4, 2021 at 11:35
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The Russian government decides to upgrade 123 meteorological stations in the Arctic. The network of meteorological stations has degraded over many

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News RCI Society (Russia) The Arctic in pictures 

Remains of ice age woolly rhinoceros found in melting Siberian permafrost

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 15:57
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A well-preserved ice age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in

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Russian fishing boat capsizes in Barents Sea leaving 17 people missing

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 16:00
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Seventeen sailors are still missing after the sinking of a Russian ship on Monday in the northern Barents Sea. The

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Record-breaking heat followed by extreme cold on Russian Arctic coast

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 10:18
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The year is coming to a close with temperatures down to minus 50 °C in parts of northern Siberia. Temperatures

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Rosatom to build small-scale land-based nuclear plant in northern Yakutia by 2028

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 17:19 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 17:31
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Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said Thursday that it has reached another milestone in its plans to build a small-scale

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Russia’s Northern Fleet begins 2nd stage of COVID-19 vaccination

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 15:00
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Russian military medics have begun the second stage of vaccination of the Northern Fleet personnel, defence officials announced Thursday. Thousands

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Business (Russia) News Russia 

Potanin: ‘This is a historic event for Nornickel’

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 10:17
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The polluting smeler in Nikel was shut down forever on Dec. 23. “Today will be a symbolic event — the

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Shipping on Northern Sea Route breaks record

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 10:04
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More than 32 million tons of goods has been shipped on the Russian Arctic shipping route in 2020. As Russia’s

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Northern Fleet prepares Arctic deployment of hypersonic Kinzhal missile

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 10:45
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Training of personnel and building of infrastructure for the new weapon starts in 2021, Russian military representatives say. A decision

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