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“On January 8, the only place in Norway that recorded temperatures above zero °C was the far northern archipelago of Svalbard.”

https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/today-svalbard-is-the-warmest-place-in-norway/443212

#Arctic #Norway #Svalbard #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #BarentsObserver

“‘We find that the proposed concepts would be environmentally dangerous. It is clear to us that the assessed approaches are not feasible, and that further research into these techniques would not be an effective use of limited time and resources,’ - the study concludes.”

https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/refreezing-the-arctic-is-costly-and-dangerous/437212

#Arctic #ArcticSeaIce #Geoengineering #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #BarentsObserver

Massive explosion(s) reported at #russian base near #Murmansk

#barentsobserver #severomorsk #thingsgoboom
https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/massive-explosions-near-severomorsk/422315

The perfect weekend longread, quite unsettling though, by Ben Taub, on Russia's espionage war in the Arctic
https://t.co/4dDzS9dbwp
#Russia #Norway #kirkenes #barentsSea #NATO #Arctic
Featuring one of my fave journalists, Thomas Nilsen, of #BarentsObserver fame

🔴 #putin's #kremlin regime continues to push its #Soviet era politicized nostalgia at #Svalbard.

The #BarentsObserver has this week seen three large #Soviet flags; one in #Barentsburg and two in #Pyramiden.

There could be more ⤵

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2024/06/back-ussr-soviet-flags-wave-svalbard #russia #News

The tragic story of American Finns who perished during Stalin's purges, and how history repeats itself in #russia today

#karelia #barentsobserver
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/node/11978

@kevinrothrock @anderspuck there is a piece in the #BarentsObserver about his fleeing to Norway.
It sounds pretty dramatic.

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2023/01/wagner-defector-escaping-norway-willing-testify