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Polar Bear (Photo: Thomas Nilsen)

The Barents region will be seriously affected by climate changes currently accelerating beyond expectations. BarentsObserver brings you updated climate news from the north.

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Arctic ice may vanish in 5-7 years (December 15th): New models show the Arctic summer ice cap may nearly vanish in the summer much sooner that the year 2030, as earlier forecasted.

Warmest decade ever in Norway (December 12th): The average temperature has never been measured on higher levels than in the periode since 2000.

Barents Sea affected by climate changes (December 8th): The first joint Norwegian-Russian report on the Barents Sea Ecosystem.

Record warm November  (December 2nd): Svalbard was more than 8 °C warmer than normal average in November.