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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Environment
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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Four charged in Finland toxic leak case
Four persons representing the Talvivaara nickel mine were indicted on Monday by the Eastern Finland public prosecutor. The charges levied
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First muskox in a century spotted in Manitoba, Canada
For the first time since the late 1800s, a muskox has been spotted by hunters in the western Canadian province
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Sixth lowest ice extent in Arctic
The summer Arctic sea-ice melt season is almost at an end. Northern residents in some areas are seeing thin sheens
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NASA projects tracking changes in Alaska’s glaciers and Arctic atmosphere
The U.S. agency that explores outer space is also probing another frontier — the rapidly warming climate in Alaska and
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Finland’s biggest waste-to-energy plant opens in Vantaa
The biggest power plant turning refuse into electricity has officially been taken into use on Wednesday in Vantaa. The new
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Swedish earthquake shakes parts of Finland
An unusually strong earthquake in central Sweden on Monday was also felt in Finland. The University of Helsinki’s Institute of
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Unusual species in Alaska waters indicate parts of Pacific warming dramatically
A giant hotspot in the North Pacific Ocean may help explain why a massive ocean sunfish was spotted in Prince
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Feature interview: finger pointed at Canada, Russia, for degradation of intact boreal forest
The latest satellite mapping analysis of the planet’s untouched forests by a group of organizations such as Greenpeace and the
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Finland: ministers call for more action on environmental crimes
A proposal to lower the threshold for bringing criminal charges in cases of environmental damage has gained the support of
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Active and remote: Cleveland volcano now ready for prime time
More than 940 miles southwest of Anchorage, in a remote Aleutian Island chain, Mount Cleveland is one of Alaska’s most
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Enough M’Clintock Channel polar bears to increase hunting quota?
The first of a three-part polar bear count in Nunavut’s Kitikmeot region has wrapped up, but it will be impossible
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Northern lights could be visible from southern Finland this weekend
A massive solar flare launched from the sun could cause havoc with the Earth’s magnetic fields, astronomers say, leading to
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Arctic satellite image of the week | Bárðarbunga: of lava lakes and reservoirs
Iceland’s temperamental geography has gone haywire again with Bárðarbunga, the latest volcano to erupt under the Vatnajökull ice cap. It’s
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