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Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic’s rapidly warming waters could provide an early warning sign of summer drought thousands of kilometres away in Eastern Europe.

The European Union plans to create the first subsea Internet cable directly connecting Europe to Greenland. The Pan-Arctic Cable project could also extend to Canada and eventually link with Japan and South Korea, notably bypassing the United States.

The European Union presented its revamped Arctic strategy on Tuesday, spelling out how much the region has grown in importance for the bloc’s geopolitical priorities, particularly in areas such as security, energy, trade and connectivity.

Europe paid around €7.88 billion for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s Arctic energy project in the first nine months of 2026 despite Brussels’ efforts to phase out gas from Moscow, according to the campaign group Urgewald.