Climate change research in the Arctic is at a standstill
In this edition, Arctic research cooperatives have collapsed, and with them essential global climate change research.
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THE STORY
Russia had to know this day was coming. With Turkey now assenting, Finland will soon officially become a member of NATO. On Friday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was already tweeting about his delight at being able to raise Finland’s flag “at NATO HQ in the coming days.” Even Finland’s change of government, following Sunday’s election result, changes nothing because the desire to join NATO is unanimous across parties.
A principal reason for Russia’s renewed aggression in Ukraine was, allegedly, NATO’s aggressive eastward expansion, extending its threat all the way up to the Russian border. Finland’s border with Russia extends over 800 miles. Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has been reported that only a third of Finns wanted their country to join NATO. But by May 2022, just weeks after the war began, 76% of Finns were convinced Finland’s future lay with the alliance.