In Longyearbyen, the world's fastest warming town, more rains means are causing roads and buildings to shift
The “green shift” isn’t enough, says mayor of Longyearbyen, which is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth.
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The “green shift” isn’t enough, says mayor of Longyearbyen, which is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth.
SWI swissinfo.ch visits Spitsbergen in northern Norway and the Åland Islands, where Russia’s war on Ukraine is also having an impact.
The 1920 Svalbard Treaty clearly established Svalbard as a demilitarized area. Therefore, Norway, under whose jurisdiction the archipelago falls, is obliged to... 18.11.2022, Sputnik International
War may be far away but tensions from the Ukraine conflict are causing an unprecedented chill in a remote Arctic town where Russian and Ukrainian coalminers have worked side by side for decades.