Russian threats to the maritime delimitation line in the Barents Sea should be taken seriously says researcher Russia's Federal Assembly will investigate the scrapping of the maritime delimitation treaty with Norway. This should not be interpreted as an empty threat, Nupi researcher Julie Wilhelmsen states.
Puffin chicks die of hunger For seven years now, Atlantic puffins have been abandoning chicks and eggs in their nesting colonies because they cannot find enough food. The ocean is teeming with mackerel which consume the small fish that puffins normally feed to their offspring.
Soviet Cold War oceanographic surveys opened up to western scientists A treasure trove of Barents Sea fisheries data stored for decades in Murmansk can help determine the fate of future offshore oil and gas exploitation in the region.