Warm temperatures lasting into autumn across Sweden
Warm winds from Africa mean temperatures over 20 degrees Celsius in some of Sweden this week. “It looks like the
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Environment (Sweden)
Feature Interview: Is Arctic climate research missing the big picture?
Arctic climate change is one of the most important stories of our time, but limited field work means we may
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Too young to vote, Swedish student Greta Thunberg goes on strike for climate action
Sweden’s elections are coming up, and Greta Thunberg is too young to vote, but she’s trying to influence policy in
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Hot, arid summer guts a third of Sweden’s cereal harvest
An unusually dry, hot summer means Sweden will see smaller yields of crops like wheat, barley and oats, according to
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Analysis – How do Sweden’s political parties plan to tackle climate change?
American-born climate researcher Kim Nicholas is going to vote for the first time as a new Swedish citizen in the
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Toxic algae a threat to Sweden’s water supply
High levels of toxic blue-green algae, which has thrived in this summer’s extreme hot weather, is making it more difficult
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Swedish icebreaker reaches North Pole for climate study
Science expedition sails north to find link between formation of Arctic clouds and record heatwave and drought on mainland Sweden.
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Melting ice brings down Sweden’s highest mountain peak
The summer’s hot weather has reduced Sweden’s highest mountaintop to second place. The south peak of Kebnekaise was once the
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Oil spill cleanup ongoing in Sweden after freighter runs aground
More than a hundred people are now working to clean up an oil spill in the Tjust archipelago, in the
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Wildfire situation improves after rain in central Sweden
After nearly two weeks of fires in east-central Sweden, several hundred homes are now safe to return to but efforts
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Swedish firefighters struggle to keep control of wildfires until weekend rain
The biggest fires here are contained, and help from Finland is on its way. But the next few days will
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Sweden to call for NATO’s help with fighting wildfires
The enormous forest fires here in Sweden have been surrounded, at great effort, and the emergency services are now able
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As wildfires burn, Sweden to support ravaged communities
“Sweden is in a very serious situation” says Social Democrat Justice Minister Morgan Johansson on Tuesday morning, as Sweden’s emergency
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Forest fires are raging across the Barents region
Firefighters combat wildfires from the Kola Peninsula (Northwestern Russia) to Norrbotten (Northern Sweden) as record heat wave continues north of
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Lasting drought behind Sweden’s worst projected harvest in 25 years
Sweden’s farmers are facing the worst grain harvest in a quarter of a century, according to the latest prognosis from
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