Goliat remains shut down, Norway orders power outage prevention plan
ENI has been ordered to identify and implement necessary measures following the loss of power on the Barents Sea oil
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Environment
Northwest Alaska caribou herd may finally be growing after steep decline
The steep population slide of what was once Alaska’s largest caribou herd may finally be bottoming out. Lincoln Parrett, a
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Finnmark introduces strict regulations on grouse hunting
Grouse population in Finnmark is estimated to be only one-third of last year’s. Finnmarkseiendommen, the landowner that administrates 95 percent
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323 Norwegian reindeer killed by lightning strike ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’: expert
A herd of Norwegian reindeer killed in the deadliest lightning strike ever seen by scientists were likely in the wrong
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Oil minister Lien invites bids for more Arctic blocks
Additional blocks will be made ready for oil drilling in the Barents Sea as the Norwegian government on Monday announced
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Scientists calculate methane loads bubbling up from Arctic lakebeds
For the past 15 years, Katey Walter Anthony has been chasing the bubbles of methane that rise up from Arctic
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Greenpeace report calls on Nunavut to shun resource development in favour of sustainable projects
Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut has an unprecedented opportunity for demonstrating to the world what sustainable development looks like in
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Arctic national park expands, becomes Russia’s biggest
The whole of Franz Josef Land archipelago and surrounding waters are now included in the Arktika National Park. It will help protect vulnerable
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Luxury cruise ship heads to Arctic, but no environmental review
The search for the fabled Northwest Passage had cost the lives of many a European explorer whose ships became frozen
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Arctic community plugs in solar and star power in fight against climate change and seismic testing
The tiny Inuit hamlet of Clyde River in the Canadian Arctic is turning to star and solar power to highlight
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Arsenic contamination persists in Yellowknife lake a decade after gold mine shut: study
A tiny subarctic lake near Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories still contains high levels of arsenic years after gold
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Sweden is Europe’s fastest growing wind power producer
More than 1,660 MW of new capacity has been developed over last two years, major part of it in the
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Ice-Blog: Olympics over, but Arctic ice still chasing records
The Rio games have come to an end. Summer is drawing to a close here in Germany. It feels more
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Finland’s autumn cull nets 40 bears in opening weekend
Hunters in northern Karelia, eastern Finland bagged a total 41 bears during the weekend as part of this year’s autumn
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Defrosting Arctic releasing powerful greenhouse gas
Vast quantities of methane are locked in the frozen ground and sea beds of the Arctic, and the warmer it
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