Satellite images show "extreme" snowmelt on Svalbard
Svalbard melted at an "extreme" rate this summer after "exceptionally" high temperatures. This is written by the Nasa Earth Observatory, which publishes several satellite images of the Norwegian archipelago.
On July 23, five times more meltwater than normal was released into the Arctic Ocean, says climatologist Xavier Fettweis.
Jemma Wadham, professor of glaciology at Norway's Arctic University, tells The Barents Observer that Svalbard is a "hotspot" for global warming. According to her, Svalbard is warming about seven times faster than the global average.
- Svalbard is like an early warning system for us, she says.
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The Nord Stream sabotage
German theory about Nord Stream teases Poland: "Is baseless"
The theories that Poland would have helped Ukrainian authorities to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea are "completely baseless insinuations". This is what Polish President Andrzej Duda's adviser to the PAP news agency says, according to Reuters.
It was Germany's former intelligence chief August Hanning who told Die Welt earlier this week that the countries probably cooperated. Before that, German media had revealed that a Ukrainian diver who lived in Poland was wanted and the main suspect for the sabotage, but Polish authorities are said not to have acted when they were alerted to this.
Even Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has apparently commented on the matter on X:
"To everyone who has operated and supported Nord Stream 1 and 2. The only thing you should do today is apologize and keep quiet."
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Political situation in Sudan
At least 22 dead in cholera - state of emergency declared in Sudan
At least 22 people have died in a cholera outbreak in Sudan, according to the country's health minister, Hiatham Ibrahim, according to AP.
The statement comes a day after the minister declared a national emergency.
- We declare the spread of cholera an epidemic because of the weather conditions and because the drinking water has become contaminated, Ibrahim said on Saturday.
In addition to an ongoing civil war, Sudan has also suffered from extensive flooding, which has promoted the spread of infection and created problems for an already underfunded healthcare system. Thousands of people are believed to have contracted cholera in the country during the past year.
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