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This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 14 May 2023, shows Ny-Ålesund, a settlement in the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

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English: This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 14 May 2023, shows Ny-Ålesund, a settlement in the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Ny-Ålesund has considerable international importance as a scientific research base for the study of the polar environment and the impact of climate change on this archipelago. Svalbard, in fact, is currently facing alarming climate change impacts, with a warming rate six times higher than the global average. These changes materialise in retreating glaciers, reduced snow cover, extreme precipitation, disappearing sea ice, and the resulting threats to the region's unique flora and fauna. Copernicus enables the monitoring of Arctic areas, providing crucial satellite data to understand the environmental and climate-related changes occurring in these fragile regions.
Date 19 May 2023 (upload date)
Source Ny-Ålesund: A scientific outpost on the frontlines of Arctic climate change
Author European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery

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