Zero Emissions Day in the Arctic: A 24-Hour Stress Test for the Planet Op-ed: The 21st of September is Zero Emissions Day. The High North could make it a one-day trial, transforming it into a global call to act now rather than later, Hassan Alzain writes in this op-ed.
From the North to the Tropics: Why Arctic Adaptation Must Be a COP30 Priority Op-ed: The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the global average, yet its communities receive virtually no adaptation support. COP30 must start to close that justice gap, writes Hassan Alzain.
State of the Climate Report 2023: The Fourth Warmest Year on Record for the Arctic Climate change continues to snowball in the Arctic region, including warmer air and sea temperatures, melting sea ice, thawing permafrost, and loss of ice sheets and glaciers. A new report sheds light on the state of the climate in 2023.
Exceptional Warming Over the Barents Area Temperatures in the Barents Sea region are record high and may affect extreme weather in the US and Europe.
Rainfall at Greenland’s Ice Sheet Summit For First Time on Record In mid-August rain was observed at the highest point on the Greenland Ice Sheet for several hours, and air temperatures remained above freezing for about nine hours.
Using Robots to Investigate Ice Melting in Svalbard Robots operating both on the sea surface as well as under water are to provide scientists with answers as to how glaciers in Svalbard are melting. A new science mission set out from Ny-Ålesund last Friday.
Arctic Sea Ice Level at Its Lowest Since 1850, According to New Report Global warming will lead to further melting of sea ice, Greenland’s inland ice cap and glaciers, as well as less snow and increased permafrost thaw, according to the 6th main report from the UN Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was published on Monday.
Svalbard Mine Flooded: “More Serious than Presumed” Unusual amounts of water have seeped into Mine 7 near Longyearbyen, Svalbard. CEO Jan Morten Ertsaas of the coalmining company Store Norske is not sure about when and whether the mine will be back in operation. Mine 7 provides power supply for Longyearbyen.
