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TG4Fíorscéal - Svalbard, Coscairt agus Coimhlint | Player | TG4 | Irish Television Channel, Súil EileSvalbard is global warming ground zero as no part of the planet is warming faster than Svalbard. The Norwegian archipelago also clashes with the geopolitical interests of the West, Russia and China.
Kim Holmen, International Director, Norwegian Polar Institute, warns that the warming in the Arctic is already showing its effect, with the plankton that feed whales and migratory birds affected by the melting glaciers pouring fresh and warmed waters into the sea that used to support that plankton growth - and these current changes are going to rebound across the planet's life system
