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Snow can help lift people’s moods says researcher at Stockholm University

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:38
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Winters with snow may cut down on some depressive symptoms. Being outside in the snow almost doubles our exposure to

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Wind power to be expanded to all of Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 13:26 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 13:31
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Electricity from wind power needs to quadruple compared to today, if the climate targets are to be met, according the Energy

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A European flag flies at the entrance of the EU Commission in Brussels on May 21,2014. (Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images)
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Hydropower to be no longer classed as sustainable, according to EU proposal

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 16:08
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Hydropower should no longer be classified as a sustainable energy source according to an EU Commission green proposal. But Swedish

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Reducing emissions could create up to 3,000 new jobs in Arctic Sweden says mining group

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 16:23
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LKAB, a state-owned mineral and mining group, wants to invest 400 billion kronor to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions through

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Swedish researcher finds fish and squid in icy depths of Arctic Ocean

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2020 at 12:05
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For the first time, cod and squid have been found deep in the water at the center of the ocean.

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A new feeding program is contributing to an increased arctic fox population in Sweden. (iStock)
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Sweden not doing enough to protect biodiversity, new report shows

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 09:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 16:16
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report with suggestions on how the government can step up its efforts to

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A eurasian elk in a forest in Sweden. (iStock)
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European elk calves struggling in warmer spring months

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 13:58
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Warmer and drier spring months in Sweden are making life a struggle for the country’s population of European elk calves,

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Swedish MEP ‘extremely happy’ with EU vote to cut emissions by 60 percent

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 15:12
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The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to cut Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade, a decision hailed

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Referendum rejects wind farm in Swedish municipality

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 09:09 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 09:10
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A majority of people voting in a local referendum have said no to a wind park in a hilly, forested

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A group of international researchers has mapped more of the Arctic Ocean floor than ever before

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 at 13:28
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The Arctic Ocean floor just got a little less mysterious. A team of international researchers has compiled the most detailed

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Sweden’s Arctic : Earthquake rattles workers inside Arctic iron mine

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 16:04 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 09:24
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An iron ore mine in Sweden’s Arctic north was evacuated early Monday morning after an earthquake struck the area. The

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Swedish company LKAB targets emission-free iron ore mining around 2030

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 6, 2020 at 12:21
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Europe’s largest iron ore producer aims at replacing all diesel-powered mining machines with electric ones at the underground mines in

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Scientists fire rocket from Arctic Sweden into the heart of aurora borealis

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2020 at 11:15 — Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2020 at 11:16
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After weeks of waiting for the perfect conditions, scientists were finally able to fire off a rocket early Thursday into

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January temperatures about 10°C above normal in parts of northern Sweden, says weather service

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, February 3, 2020 at 17:55
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January was warm one for Sweden, which saw average temperatures for the winter month several degrees above normal. Measurements from

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New report criticises Sweden’s climate policies

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 10:26 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 12:21
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Sweden’s climate policy must focus more on really reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than on ‘cleaning its own backyard’. The

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