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Lapland temperature of -39 C marks year’s coldest day so far in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 10:17
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A warning of dangerously cold temperatures is in effect for nearly the whole of the country. The lowest temperature readings

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Finland is considering restrictions on things like lakeside cottage construction in an effort to protect the endangered saimaa seal. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Saimaa seal population believed to have grown in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 10:50
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Mild weather and melting ice cover disrupted the spring count, but more pups may have been born than the year

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July cooler than average for Finland, except in eastern Lapland

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 09:13
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Finland experienced slightly cooler and more rain than usual in the month of July, except for the eastern part of

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland The Arctic in pictures 

Miners hunting for metals to battery cars threaten Finland’s Sámi reindeer herders’ homeland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 17, 2020 at 17:02 — Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2020 at 17:05
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Nobody had asked them about exploring for minerals inside their siida, a reindeer foraging area, in northern Finland. The Sámi

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finnish conservationists worry about Saimaa ringed seal as fishing net ban ends

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 09:00
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Conservationists want fishermen in lake Saimaa to voluntarily extend a seasonal ban on fishing nets intended to help protect endangered

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Can climate adaptation be culturally sustainable in the Arctic?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 08:52
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While ways of reindeer husbandry may be adaptable to the changing climate, intergenerational transmission of Indigenous knowledge can be negatively

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Jump in, the water’s (mostly) fine in Finland, study finds

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 15:19 — Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2020 at 09:40
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It’s safe to swim at the vast majority of Finland’s public beaches, according to a new report from the European

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Report: Finland behind on sustainable development goals

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 16:23 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 16:25
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Finland is making some progress towards achieving the goals set out in the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but there

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Finnish Lapland may see more mosquitoes this summer after snowy winter

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 1, 2020 at 13:27
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Heavy snow in Lapland last winter has made this a promising summer for mosquitoes–less so for humans. Lapland may be

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finland’s highest vehicle emissions down south, oldest cars up north

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 2, 2020 at 12:36
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Finland’s car population continues to age, even as government considers ways to get motorists to switch to newer, more fuel-efficient or electric

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Golden eagles’ reindeer attacks cost Finland 800,000 euros in damages

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 at 09:31
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Finland paid approximately 1.4 million euros in compensation for damage caused by protected animals in 2018, of which barnacle geese

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General Science 

Finland needs its own space research centre, gov’t report says

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2020 at 09:04
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Finland must increase its investments in the business and technologies of space, according to a report commissioned by the Prime

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Precipitation levels in North Finland 1.5 –2 times higher than average

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 14:23
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Outside of the Arctic region of Lapland, Finland experienced record-breaking average temperatures and all-time highs in the month of January

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Finnish Lapland municipality estimated to have lowered emissions by 121 percent

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 09:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 09:48
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For the first time, comparable data ranks greenhouse gas emissions for all Finnish municipalities. According to figures released by the

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Davos: Finnish PM stresses importance of Arctic Council for region’s stability amidst climate change

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:07
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In her international debut at the 51st World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the world needs

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