ombugge
January 17, 2025, 1:01pm
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It’s about climate, not weather!!!
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There are technicalities here I am reluctant to override but
on climate Dr. or Prof Steven E. Koonin would be happy to have a word with You as I do not aspire to your class and can only observe going out that it is cool and windy what is i guess “weather” Love Your sense of humor .
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ombugge
January 18, 2025, 4:25pm
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Yes that is weather. Here in Ålesund (at 62.5N) we have had a few days with up to 13C temperature for several days now, in mid-January. (That is NOT climate change)
Climate is what is recorded over years or decades in a specific location.
Climate change as we hear so much about these days are based on what has been recoded worldwide over even centuries.
PS> Usually compared to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution (1850)
But then you knew that, so I don’t have to qualify it be saying; “I could be wrong of course”
Have a question. Are You scaring or torturing your American friends with these news of Russian engagement in the Arctic that may be is not spectacular but shows clearly that your allies slept over Arctic big time and are unhappy realising it.
Read the book. And do not worry it is not going to convert you into activist denier. It will give You a certain perspective how this science community works and what average Joe receives through media in the end.
I consider myself lucky to find this thread not closed yet by the Fellow wiith " quid est veritas" written in green on his Cheng’s hard hat.
My humble suggestion if I may of course, He changes that to " semper veritas " as cancelling/shutting down/muting those quoting dissenting opinions on the issue in question, suggests inclination to be in favour of " veritas mea melior est quam tua " . Which is very convenient for those who have the power to dismiss and/or cancel.
I am sure ha…
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Jughead
January 23, 2025, 3:55am
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Or try an Australian climate expert.
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ombugge
January 29, 2025, 1:52pm
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Things are changing fast in the Arctic region, both the environmental and political climate:
Two decades ago, Arctic policymakers envisioned a future of cooperation, stability and scientific collaboration. Speaking at the Arctic Frontiers Conference, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide reflected on how drastically that vision has...
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The biggest shift is Russia’s increasing militarization and its growing isolation since the invasion of Ukraine. In 2005, there was an expectation that Russia would integrate further into Western-led Arctic governance. Instead, tensions have deepened, disrupting cooperation and turning security into a dominant issue.
“There was an assumption that Arctic politics could be kept separate from other geopolitical conflicts,” Barth Eide said. “That assumption was wrong.”
Climate change, another factor policymakers underestimated, is unfolding much faster than anticipated. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet, causing permafrost to collapse and forcing communities to adapt to an increasingly unstable environment.
“In Norway, we are seeing houses built on permafrost starting to sink,” he said. “It’s not a distant problem—it’s happening now.”
During the discussion, Greenland was brought up in the context of changing Arctic dynamics, particularly in relation to U.S. foreign policy. Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, who was on the panel with Barth Eide, criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and aggressive posturing toward Greenland, calling it damaging to U.S. relations in the Arctic.
The Arctic is no longer an isolated space for research and collaboration—it is a strategic battleground where security, climate, and economic interests collide. The Arctic Council, once the backbone of governance in the region, is struggling to function under these new geopolitical realities.
“This is not what we planned for,” Barth Eide said. “But this is the reality we must now navigate.”
ombugge
January 30, 2025, 10:09pm
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According to ship traffic data, the North Light
and North Moon both left the South Korean Okvo port in November 2024. About two months later, the ships were sailing in north Norwegian waters with course for Murmansk.
The North Light and North Moon are likely to be part of the so-called ‘shadow fleet’ that brings sanctioned Russian goods to international markets.
According to Tradewinds , it is Dubai-based entity White Fox Ship Management that operate the carriers.
The DSME in 2020 signed a $1.76 billion contract on construction of six Arctic class (Arc7) LNG carriers. The ships were to be used to transport LNG for Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia.
The North Light and North Moon are most likely part of this fleet, along with the North Way, North Mountain, North Air and North Sky.
Update:
Arve Dimmen, Department Director at the Norwegian Coastal Administration says in a comment to the Barents Observer that the ship is in the area to do a crew change. The permission expired on Thursday 30 January at 12 am, he says. He explains that the crew change has been approved by the Coastal Administration, as well as the Norwegian Defence.
Still at anchor in Sarnesfjorden:
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3636435
ombugge
February 4, 2025, 9:42pm
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Trump is not the one one to want to rename bodies of water and and features:
Inspired by new US president Donald Trump, Mironov says the Arctic Ocean should be renamed the ‘Russian Arctic Ocean’ and the archipelago of Franz Josef Land - the ‘Lomonosov Land.’
Mironov’s Arctic map: The Arctic Ocean is renamed ‘the Russian Arctic Ocean,’ the Franz Josef Land is renamed the ‘Lomonosov Land’ and Svalbard is renamed ‘the Pomor Island.’
Map: Sergei Mironov’s Telegram channel
He also wants to give Svalbard a new name. It should be named ‘the Pomor Islands.’
The Pomors are people who traditionally lived along the White Sea. They were mostly fishermen and over centuries traded actively with the Norwegians.
Svalbard fully belongs to Norway. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 grants citizens and companies from signatory nations the right to engage in economic activity, and the state-owned Russian company Arktikugol is today doing coal mining and tourism in the town of Barentsburg.
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ombugge
February 7, 2025, 11:29am
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Yesterday:
Today. It doesn’t pay to win prices if it wakes up the big bear:
Editor Thomas Nilsen underlines that the Barents Observer will continue to publish independent and investigative news about the situation in the region.
“The Barents Observer will continue to report, in Russian and English languages, about important developments in the Russian north,” he says.
Sory that it is not Arctic news but eqally chilling and touching upon what is said above in a bit different light.
" Internews claims to have “worked with” 4,291 media outlets, producing 4,799 hours of broadcasts in one year alone, reaching up to 778 million people globally. It also “trained" over 9,000 journalists in 2023 and supported social media censorship initiatives, Wikileaks said in a series of posts on X "
Wikileaks reveals US spent $472.6M to promote covert censorship, media control through NGO