Norway’s Arctic islands crush May heat records
It was 6,0°C above normal in Longyarbyen (Svalbard) which concluded its 90th month in a row with above normal temperatures.
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Ice-Blog – While Arctic melts, sweltering Germany hosts UN climate talks
It’s been a scorcher of a week here in Bonn, Germany. Delegates to the UNFCCC climate talks (one of the interim meetings
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Record heatwave in the Arctic
The people of Pevek, the small town on Russia’s east Arctic coast, could scent a smell of spring as they
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February Arctic sea ice at a record low in 2018
A wedge of open water formed north of Svalbard and well into the Arctic Ocean in late February, satellite images
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Norway and Russia join efforts in mapping ecosystem of Arctic waters
Norwegian and Russian researchers launch the most comprehensive ecosystem mapping of the two countries’ joint Arctic waters. It started up
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NASA and Norway to develop observation station in Arctic
The American space research agency joins efforts with the Norwegian Mapping Authority in developing a new earth observation station in
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Tourism on the rise in waters around Svalbard, Norway
17 passenger vessels are Monday sailing in the waters around Svalbard. Next year will be even more crowded. While southern
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Moscow says NATO meeting in the Arctic is a provocation
An upcoming meeting by NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly in Longyearbyen is triggering a sharp reaction from Russia’s Foreign Ministry. In a
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Barneo, Russia’s seasonal North Pole station in the making
Two helicopters are on their way to find a suitable ice floe for the Barneo-2017. Like previous years, the Norwegian
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Expelled Barents Observer editor is on Russian sanction list
Thomas Nilsen is on a Russian so-called «stop-list» of individuals denied entry to the country, the Russian Embassy in Oslo
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Ice-Blog: Climate change is causing rapid, deeper and more extensive acidification in the Arctic Ocean
A new study reported in Nature Climate Change this week says ocean acidification is spreading rapidly in the western Arctic
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French explorer challenges Norwegian authorities on fjord access
Gilles Elkam says Norwegian authorities had no right to limit his free sailing in Svalbard waters. Court case starts today.
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January sea ice extent at record low in Barents and Kara seas
Arctic alarm: Svalbard measured 3°C Friday morning. That is the same as in Paris 3,300 km further south. January sea
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Arctic warming brings big change to Svalbard fjord
Kongsfjorden at Svalbard used to be covered by a metre-thick ice in winter. Now it is ice-free. Marine environment is
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Ice-Blog: New report sees Arctic melt on course to tip global climate
Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could
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