Inside the successful, decades-long effort to protect the Humboldt Archipelago in Chile
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Oxford University-led study detects twenty-six types of PFAS compounds in ice around Svalbard, threatening downstream ecosystems
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Norway's Supreme Court could set a legal precedent for control of the natural resources around the strategically important Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic
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Svalbard reindeer thrive as they shift diet towards popsicle-like grasses – increased plant growth due to warmer climate
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World's northernmost permanent settlement, Longyearbyen, is estimated to be heating at six times the global average – so what is being done to save it?
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Norway is extending the life of its last Arctic coal mine – will now operate until 2025 amid Europe's energy crisis
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Polar bear kills man in Norway's Arctic Svalbard islands – experts say polar bears' hunting grounds have diminished as the Arctic ice sheet melts
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Norway plans to drill for oil in untouched Arctic areas – critics say plan for fields off Svalbard threatens ecosystem and relations with Russia
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In the world’s northernmost town, temperatures have risen by 4°C, devastating homes, wildlife and even the cemetery. Will the rest of the planet heed its warning?
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