Climate change could mean more winter precipitation, summer heatwaves for Finland
Climate change could mean more stuff coming down from the sky during the Finnish winter, according to director general of
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Environment
Sweden could lead way on climate: environment minister
As the IPCC releases its latest report, Sweden’s environment minister and vice prime minister Åsa Romson says Sweden could lead the
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Expert predicts ice-free Arctic by 2020 as UN releases climate report
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Get ready to order those beach umbrellas in Barrow. One of the leading authorities on the physics of
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Can wind power fill Sweden’s energy void?
With Sweden set to begin phasing out its aging nuclear reactors across the country, more attention is being paid to
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Alaska’s Harding Icefield loses mass
The huge Harding Icefield on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula shed some of its mass over the past year and Exit Glacier,
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Climate change may scupper flood insurance for many in Sweden
Climate change is expected to hit Swedish households close to water, as an insurance industry representative says they may soon
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Ice-Blog: Can UN and EU take the heat off Alaska?
It is with a heavy heart that I write this first blog post since my holiday, catching up with the
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Putin ensures Arctic militarization will not harm polar bears
Environmentalists fear the Defense Ministry’s new military bases can pose problems for polar bears. The Russian President is publicly known
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Finland: New environment minister blocks peat bog protection
Legislation to protect boglands in Finland, long in the works at the Envrionment Ministry, has been frozen by the new
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Lego cuts ties with Shell after Greenpeace campaign
Danish toy-maker Lego announced on Wednesday it was cutting ties with Royal Dutch Shell after an extended campaign by the
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Blog: NASA satellite imagery reveals the Arctic at night
In winter, the Arctic is considered to be a dark and dreary place save for when the northern lights shimmer
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Wild game source of lead for Swedish consumers
A new study in Sweden found that lead levels in people who eat wild game meat are higher than previously
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Barrow, Alaska’s dramatic autumn warming linked to shrinking sea ice
The nation’s northernmost community is getting warmer, most dramatically in October, when sea ice loss has been greatest, according to
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Norway’s radioactive reindeer
A major spike in radioactivity was detected in central Norway’s reindeer and scientists say it’s because of a nuclear accident
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Scientists raise alarm over Russia’s ice-free Kara Strait
Polar scientists have since 2010 only seen open waters in the important migration route for polar bears over the Kara
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