Barentsburg, on the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, is a Russian coal-mining town of about 500 people.

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Derocher says that the effects of global heating are currently “somewhat mediated” in Svalbard by the interaction between sea-ice loss and the loss of ice over the continental shelf.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/13/svalbard-the-arctic-islands-where-we-can-see-the-future-of-global-heating

The task force is also working with the Animal and Plant Agency (APHA) to complete antibody sampling Svalbard barnacle geese on the Solway.

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The team in Svalbard will work for three weeks in temperatures as low as minus 25C (-13 Farenheit), cutting and pulling out a series of cylinders of ice 10cm (four inches) wide.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-scientists-arctic-ice-memory.html

This content was published on Sep 9, 2022This week, our bloggers look at some vegetation hotspots on Svalbard under bird nesting areas concentrated in steep cliffs.

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This particular feature, measuring 0.6 miles wide (1 kilometer), was first discovered at a depth of 4,100 feet (1,250 meters) beneath the surface of the water, situated on the seabed south of Svalbard.

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Using these calculations, Landrø's team identified Tropical Storm Eduardo, which was 4100 km from Svalbard in the Gulf of Mexico.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-01-fiber-optic-cable-networks-low-cost-real-time.html