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Snow crabs invading Russia’s Arctic nuclear waste dump

26 November 201830 November 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, crab, fishing, invasive species, Kara Sea, nuclear, nuclear waste, snow crab, wildlife

Researchers find a huge influx of snow crabs in areas with dumped radioactive waste in the Kara Sea, in Arctic

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The raccoon dog spread to North Sweden from neighbouring Norway. (iStock)
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Science, politics and the ‘dreaded’ raccoon dog: Arctic week in Review

11 September 2015 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments history, invasive species, military, navy, permafrost, polar bears

On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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The raccoon dog spread to North Sweden from neighbouring Norway. (iStock)
Countries ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Sweden 

North Sweden on lookout for raccoon dogs

9 September 201510 September 2015 Radio Sweden 0 Comments animals, hunting, invasive species

As the moose-hunting season kicks off in northern Sweden, hunters are being encouraged to keep an eye out for the

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Environment Featured Society Sweden 

Sweden: Gardeners reach for the scissors as slug pellets run out

6 July 20157 July 2015 Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate, invasive species, nuisance

  The mild winter means record amounts of the hated Spanish slug crawling around Swedish gardens, and the poison used

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Raccoons are not native to Sweden, and officials are worried what might happen if they become prevalent. (iStock)
ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured Sweden 

Officials worry raccoons are settling in Sweden

22 May 2014 Radio Sweden 0 Comments invasive species, nordic, wildlife

Reported sightings of raccoons in southeastern Sweden have officials again worried the animal is settling in the country. Two independent

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Mice, an invasive species on St. George Island, had burrowed nests into coiled straw construction wattles and cached seed everywhere in the shipping container. After inspection, the eradication crew sent all of the material to burn barrels. (Marc Romano / USFWS)
ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured SPECIAL FEATURES USA 

Mouse menace on Alaska’s St-George Island

6 May 2014 Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Bering Sea, invasive species, seabirds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

If house mice invade your remote Bering Sea island for the first time, who do you call? Try the mouse

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More masked bandits on the way? (AFP)
ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured Sweden 

Sweden fears Danish racoon invasion

6 March 2014 Radio Sweden 0 Comments Denmark, invasive species, Skåne

Authorities in the south of Sweden are fearing an invasion of masked bandits, after a dead raccoon was found on

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The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management says zebra mussel grow at a fast rate and in dense clusters with up to 10,000 mussels per square meter. (Kilian Fichou / AFP)
ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured Sweden 

Sharp-edged mussel invades southern Sweden

8 August 2013 Radio Sweden 0 Comments invasive species, oceans

The zebra mussel, which is considered invasive in many countries, is spreading rapidly in the province of Östergotland, in southeastern

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