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Greening of Arctic, browning of boreal forest

Scientists and residents of Canada’s far north have been noting changes in the Arctic for many years: more plants, more shrubs and trees, and more appearances of southern animals, birds, insects, and marine life which had never been seen before in the north. Now NASA’s satellite analysis confirms it.
June 09, 2016

Shell’s release of offshore leases permits huge Arctic marine park

The surrender of exploration permits covering 8,625 square kilometres will facilitate the conservation of a massive, highly sensitive marine ecosystem at Lancaster Sound in the Canadian Arctic.
June 09, 2016

Ahead of Russia’s Year of Ecology, government kicks against green activists

Pressure is growing on the country’s independent environmental organizations.
June 07, 2016

Greenest spring on Barents Sea coast

Norway fails to cut greenhouse gas emissions and had a 1,5 per cent increase last year. May temperatures peaked with a 5,2 degrees Celsius warmer than average on the coast of Finnmark.
May 31, 2016

Arctic bird cliff becomes slow-TV

Norwegian broadcaster NRK plans to broadcast live from a bird cliff in the far north-eastern corner of the country for five weeks.
May 27, 2016

Historic deal protects pristine Arctic waters from fishing

Leading seafood suppliers and fishing companies have struck a deal that will protect waters around Svalbard from expanding cod trawling.
May 25, 2016

Environmental groups: Barents oil violates Paris Climate Agreement

Nature and Youth, Greenpeace and Bellona all agree Norway's new Arctic oil licenses contradicts the obligations following the Paris Climate Agreement.
May 18, 2016

Per Sandberg first Minister to visit Russia after Crimea annexation

Norway’s Minister of Fisheries travels to St. Petersburg for the North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers’ Conference.
May 12, 2016

Mega-polluter is enviro-award winner

Norilsk-Nickel, the biggest air-polluter in the Barents Region, gets Russia’s Natural Resources and Environment Ministry’s “Environmental development – Evolution Award” for 2016.
May 11, 2016

«Arctic drilling is against the law»

Norway can not proceed with its plans for Arctic oil and gas development, a new report concludes.
May 10, 2016

Locals blame Lukoil after disastrous oil spill

Contamination increases as the snow and ice melts along the Izhma River in the Pechora River basin.
May 09, 2016

On Arctic island, a reindeer tragedy

In less than three years, the number of animals on the island of Kolguyev dropped from more than 12,000 to only 153.
May 04, 2016

Guide to unique cross-border birding

Bjørn Frantzen has co-authored a book detailing where to spot the hundreds of bird spices in Varanger and Murmansk regions.
May 03, 2016

Pollution must be stopped, environmental watchdog tells Norilsk Nickel

The industrial plant in Nikel, the Russian border town, is centerpiece in a dispute between federal authorities and regional nickel miners.
April 28, 2016

Arctic gas flaring source to black carbon pollution

Flaring of waste natural gas from industrial oil fields in the Northern Hemisphere is a potential source of significant amounts of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon to the Arctic, a new NASA study shows.
April 28, 2016

Finland’s bear population up 15 per cent in last year

The population of Finland’s national animal, the brown bear, rose by 15 per cent in the last year, reports the Natural Resources Institute Finland.
April 20, 2016

Spring cleaning in Kola Bay

Murmansk allocates 50 million rubles to have shipwrecks removed from Kola Bay.
April 18, 2016

«100 tons of oil in the river»

A state of emergency must be declared around the affected parts of the Ukhta river, environmentalists in the Komi Republic say.
April 13, 2016

High levels of dioxin and heavy metals in reindeer liver

Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance says levels in reindeers from Murmansk and Nenets exceeds permitted levels.
March 28, 2016

This barge will soon sail the Barents Sea in shuttle traffic with radioactive cargo

The Italian built barge can be a key-tool in lifting sunken nuclear reactors from Arctic waters.
March 21, 2016

Training oil cleanup in icy Ob

For the first time, oil spill preparedness training was conducted in the icy waters of the Ob Bay.
March 21, 2016

At Svalbard, the heat is on

Average winter temperatures in the Arctic archipelago were more than 10 degrees above normal.
March 16, 2016

Caribou or development? Question debated in Arctic communities

For years there has been concern about the rapidly declining caribou herds across Canada.
March 09, 2016

Warmest winter in Russian history

The two lasts winters have been record warm in Russia. Last winter saw many heat records, but this winter have broken them all and is taking its place as the warmest in the history of Russian weather observations.
March 03, 2016

Lowest February sea ice extent in satellite record

Mid-winter and Arctic sea ice should steadily grow. Not so this year. The Barents Sea actually saw a declined last month.
March 02, 2016

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