Eroding Arctic Alaska river opens window to past
A river on Alaska’s North Slope is eroding along one of its sections faster than that of any river in
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Environment
Finnish negotiators optimistic about COP21
Despite the recent terrorist attacks, there is a hopeful atmosphere in the run-up to the COP21 UN Climate Change Conference,
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Sweden hosts global climate conference for kids
Sixty-four children from over twenty countries are currently meeting in Sweden to discuss how to combat climate change. Their goal
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How will global warming affect Sweden?
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute has launched a new service that gives a glimpse into how different aspects of climate
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Helsinki City Council to close coal plant
City councillors decided on Monday that one of the city’s two coal plants should be closed by the end of
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Ice-Blog:: Arctic residents in hot water
At the swimming club last weekend, one of my fellow swimmers complained the water was too warm. She said she
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Cleaner atmosphere means more Arctic ice melt: study
To protect human health and safeguard the environment, governments and utility companies around the world have worked — successfully —
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COP21: View from Yukon, Canada
In the run up to the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the
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Snow in Finland’s weekend forecast
A low pressure area dominating the weather over southern and central parts of Finland is likely to bring snowfall this weekend.
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Ice-Blog:: Melting glacier risk to seabed ecosystem
On my first visit to the Arctic in 2007, I went out into the Kongsfjord at Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, with
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Ocean acidification strong off Alaska
The Arctic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean, along with Antarctic waters, are acidifying faster than the rest of the world’s
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Finland OKs disposal cave for nuclear waste
The Finnish government has granted Posiva a permit to build a permanent disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel on the
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Calls for protection of Canada’s Lancaster Sound
An environmental group has partnered with Inuit artists to produce a short film it hopes will draw attention to the
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Lapland TV host becomes nature enthusiast
Television personality Mikko ‘Peltsi’ Peltola says he inherited his love of nature from his grandfather. Known for his years as
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2007 Arctic Alaska fire sparked permafrost thaw
The biggest wildfire to burn on treeless Arctic tundra triggered a dramatic permafrost thaw that unfolded over several years, new research
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