Floodwater still on the rise in parts of North Finland
Heavy flooding in northern Finland continues on Friday, with the Ounas River predicted to rise as a rainy spring season
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Environment
UAVs to be banned in the Arctic and Antarctic
Two major associations representing tour operators in the Arctic and Antarctic have stated that they will not allow visitors to
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Most luxury cruise liners still dumping sewage in Baltic Sea
The international cruise season in the Baltic has just begun, and several hundreds of thousands of cruise tourists are expected
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Could salmon sharks be factor in declining Bering Sea king salmon numbers?
Given their name, it’s not surprising that salmon sharks eat salmon. But Alaska researchers are now asking whether the animals might have any impact
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Ice retreat threatening Bering Sea pollock
The years 2002 through 2005 were bad for Bering Sea pollock. The biomass plunged during those years. In a presentation in
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Up to 500 reindeer killed annually by trains – no fences planned
Citing high annual livestock losses, the Reindeer Herders’ Association is urging Finland’s State Railways VR to build fences alongside railway
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Sunken Soviet submarines threaten massive radioactive contamination
While Russia’s naval yard in Severodvinsk is busy like never before in Post-Soviet times with construction of new submarines, two
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U.S. agency explains report on Arctic oil spills
Inside a thick government report on the impact of off-shore oil leasing in the Chukchi Sea is a phrase that grabs the
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Norway reaches 50,000 electric cars sales
Electric car number 50,000 was recently registered in Norway, two years ahead of planned schedule. With generous incentives that include zero
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Oil spills surprisingly common in Finland, but cleanup dependent on volunteers
About 2,000 oil spills a year take place in Finland, the large majority of which only leak small amounts of
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Norway is polluting Murmansk says Russian official
More than half of the pollution in Murmansk Oblast comes from Europe, and especially Norway, a representative from the regional
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Talvivaara gets green light for waste pipeline – with tighter terms
Officials in northern Finland have given the mining company Talvivaara a green light to construct a pipeline to discharge waste
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Permafrost ‘carbon bomb’ unlikely, but worries over northern thaw persist
Cross one thing off the long list of possible apocalyptic climate-change scenarios: A new scientific analysis concludes that a “carbon bomb” of
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Sweden: Flights and food cause major emissions
Swedish toxic emissions decreased in 2011 and 2012, but private consumption affecting emissions has increased over the last 20 years.
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Finland’s bears are on the move
Finland’s bears are waking up after their lengthy winter hibernation. Sightings have been made in several municipalities including Suomenselkä and
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