In Svalbard, climate change has meant shorter winters; temperatures that yo-yo; more frequent precipitation, increasingly in the form of rain; and thawing permafrost—all conditions that increase the risk of avalanches and landslides
Conveyor towers once used for transporting coal from the mines to the harbour, are pictured in Longyearbyen on May 6, 2022, on the Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway.
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