3,000 seals killed by bird flu on Sweden’s West Coast
Up to 3,000 harbour seals along Sweden’s west coast may have been killed by bird flu, Swedish researchers fear. Authorities
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Environment
Sweden’s environment minister positive on Lima deal
Sweden’s environment minister is pleased with the climate change summit in Lima, despite that the agreed-upon goals stopped far short
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Scientists seek cause of patchy baldness in some Beaufort Sea polar bears
Stressed-out polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea are losing some of their hair, but the precise cause of that stress
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Ice-Blog: From Alaska to Ottawa
Ottawa has been the setting for “Arctic Change”, another major Arctic conference this week. It is organised by the research
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Real Christmas trees better for environment, says Sweden’s Farmers Union
Christmas is just two weeks away and already the holiday lights and greenery are up throughout the streets of Stockholm.
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Ice-Blog: Thick Antarctic ice not sign of cooling
The recent publication of a study on Arctic ice as measured by the “yellow submarine”, an underwater robot, caused a flurry of
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EU drops seal-protection complaint against Finland
The European Commission has dropped a warning to the Finnish government over protection of the critically-endangered Saimaa ringed seal. In
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United States: Report says Chukchi Sea drilling runs heightened risk of large spill
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is holding hearings around the state on lease sale 193, in the Chukchi Sea.
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Swedish politicians float water export idea
Local officials from southwestern Sweden are looking into the idea of exporting drinking water from the freshwater Lake Vänern. The motion is
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Sweden’s mountain hares changing fur color too early
The fur of mountain hares in the northern county of Västerbotten is changing colors too early, which could put their
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Alaska: Judge temporarily halts EPA process on Pebble Mine
U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland issued a preliminary injunction Monday, temporarily halting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 404(c) process
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Ice-Blog: Arctic icon in decline
As I plan my coverage of this year’s annual UN climate conference, this time in Peru, a news item from WWF pops
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Increase in organic meat production in Sweden
The production of organic meat in Sweden is on the increase. According to the National Food Agency last year 15
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NASA findings show no excessive methane emissions from Alaska
Though Arctic Alaska is warming and permafrost is thawing, the area so far has been spared from the scourge of
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Organic farming does not benefit the environment, say researchers
Relying on organic crop production would be “disastrous” and could “lead to starvation”, according to researchers at the Swedish University
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