Norway: Rapid growth in Svalbard walrus population
Hunted for nearly 350 years, walruses in the Norwegian Arctic were on the brink of extinction. Then came the neighbours
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Environment
Climate change adversely affecting Arctic wildlife
There is increasing evidence that climate change, which is warming the polar region, is having a negative affect upon a
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Norway-Russia fishery expedition finds abundance of cod, decline in other species
KIRKENES. This year’s latest joint Norwegian-Russian fishery expedition shows cod in abundance, but a major decline in herring, haddock and
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More than 100 new nukes in northern waters
Latest data exchange on nuclear weapons held by Russia and the United States shows the first Post-Soviet increase in numbers
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Huge onshore crowds of walruses a new phenomenon for Arctic Alaska, scientists say
Gatherings of thousands of walruses crowded together on northwestern Alaska shorelines, like the congregation of 35,000 animals spotted this weekend
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Hundreds of cormorant chicks killed in attack in eastern Sweden
Hundreds of cormorant chicks may have been killed in an attack on two islands close to the Swedish town of
Read moreBiologists spot huge gathering of walruses in Arctic Alaska
With floating ice sparse in the Chukchi Sea, an estimated 35,000 walruses were found crowded onto a beach near the
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Northern Finland bear hunters legally exceed quota
The Finnish Wildlife Agency on Friday called a halt to this year’s bear hunt in the western reindeer herding area
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Soot from Canadian wildfires may have increased Greenland ice melt
Researchers studying Greenland’s massive ice-sheet are making some worrisome findings. Danish-born glaciologist Jason Box who has studied glaciers for two-decades
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6.24 earthquake shakes Southcentral Alaska
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center reports that an earthquake that shook Southcentral and Interior Alaska for several seconds Thursday at
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Sweden: No proof that elk get drunk say researchers
The “drunken” Swedish elks that get so much attention this time of year may be a myth. Swedish Radio Science
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Ice-Blog: The Arctic on the UN agenda
To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for
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Finland’s president calls for action at UN climate summit
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has warned that climate change will be inevitable and could get out of hand if nothing
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Sweden to present new climate change project at UN conference
Outgoing Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Environment Minister Lena Ek are in New York to take part in the
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Ice-Blog: UN Climate Chief on New York summit
Your Ice Blogger has been busy with the New York climate summit around the corner. I was delighted to read
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