The dam that Arctic Water Bank plans to build is still years away. This photo of a small hydropower dam at another location in South Greenland. Photo: Claus Andersen-Aagaard, Creative Commons The Government of Greenland sees the permission to exploit a river in South...
The Norwegian Troll station is located in the Gjelsvik mountains in the Dronning Maud Land. Image: Trine Lise Sviggum Helgerud / Norsk Polarinstitutt Near mountain ranges, multi-millennia-old ice resurgences are home to active ecosystems never before recorded. The...
Plenary session of the Sami Parliament in Finland. Photo: Sami Parliament of Finland After giving in to the pressure of around a hundred appeals, the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court invalidated the 2023 elections organized by the Electoral Commission of the Sami...
Below a global temperature rise of 2°C, the glaciers of the Weddell Sea will not be irreversibly affected by warm water currents by the end of the century. Foresight. In the southern Weddell Sea, the world’s second largest ice shelf will remain protected from...
Water is supplied to the individual buildings in high Arctic places like Ny Ålesund through pipes that run above ground due to the permafrost. The pipes need to be massively insulated and often are heated to prevent the water from freezing. (Archive photo: Michael...