Svalbard glacier once survived a warmer climate
By Elizaveta Vereykina This may indicate that that future increases in snowfall could moderate glacier retreat in similar settings. A new study has found
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Kebnekaise’s southern peak has not shrunk any further this year
Sweden’s highest mountain Kebnekaise’s southern peak has not shrunk further over the last year, scientists say. The southern peak had
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Natural event seems to slow Icelandic glacier melt
A natural phenomenon appearing to cool the ocean near Iceland has likely slowed the melting of the island’s glaciers since
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Climate change hits back at Svalbard, coal mine flooded by melting glacier in Norway
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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Climate change is about to divide Norway’s largest Arctic island
The front of Hornsundbreen glacier in Arctic Norway is retreating every year and will eventually open a new strait between
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Faster ice melt in Greenland could mean stronger hurricanes for North America’s East Coast: study
Ice is melting in an unexpected region of Greenland at a rate that is unprecedented in the past century, according
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Glacier in central Sweden “collapsing” as climate warms
One of the Scandinavian glaciers has broken up because of the unusually warm summer, reports P4 Jämtland. Tomas Bergström who
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Melting ice brings down Sweden’s highest mountain peak
The summer’s hot weather has reduced Sweden’s highest mountaintop to second place. The south peak of Kebnekaise was once the
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US pushes ambitious Arctic Council goals
Just six months into the United States’ chairmanship of the Arctic Council, events have “already moved the ball forward enormously”
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Obama sends host gifts ahead of Alaska visit
President Barack Obama may be traveling into unfriendly political territory as he heads north to Alaska Monday, but he has
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