Plastic waste threatens oceans say Swedish researchers
Researchers in Sweden are calling on people to use less plastic in an effort to help protect the oceans as
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Environment
Activists chain themselves to mining drill in Sweden
Around ten activists have chained themselves to a large drill machine at a mine in Norra Kärr, by Sweden’s second
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Is Sweden really one of the world’s greenest countries?
Not only was Sweden one of the first countries in the world to introduce a tax on carbon dioxide emissions
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Police investigate whether to bring criminal charges over nickel leak in Finland
A maximum sentence of six years in prison could be levelled at those responsible for the 66-ton chemical leak from
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Missing in Alaska without a trace
The Nabesna Ranger District of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is an easy place to get lost. Sprawling east
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Aggressive elk in northern Sweden prompt police warning
Police in northern Sweden are warning residents to be on the lookout for aggressive elk who reportedly lunged at people
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Arctic shark teeth fossils may contain clues about climate adaptation
When we think of climate change and the Arctic, it’s usually polar bears or seals that come to mind. But
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Fishing-net death toll of endangered seals continues to rise in Finland
Another rare Saimaa ringed seal, one of the world’s most endangered seal species, has been killed in Pihlajavesi lake in
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Rising mercury levels leave their mark on yellow-billed loons, study says
Yellow-billed loons that migrate to nesting sites on Alaska’s Arctic coastal plain are bearing an undesirable burden that comes from
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Do polar bears and penguins live in Sweden?
Some myths are a lot more difficult to upend than others – and this particular one seems to be immortal
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Finland: Left, Greens and Norilsk Nickel weigh in on Harjavalta leak
Left Alliance committee calls for Pori river check-up; Green League VP chides environmental administration; metal factory Norilsk Nickel claims responsibility
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Arctic air clearer after Soviet Union’s collapse, long-term study says
The clouds of black carbon soiling snow and ice in Finland’s Arctic region have diminished significantly since the middle of
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Rare ribbon seal sighting in Prince William Sound, Alaska
A federal wildlife technician got a rare treat in Prince William Sound last week. Marty Reedy was driving a boat
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Arctic seas: little ability to cope with an oil spill
A new report suggests little is known how an oil spill in the Arctic would act or spread in icy
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Slideshow: The secrets of Manitoba’s boreal forests
When most people think about Canada’s province of Manitoba, they think about prairies. But in reality, Manitoba is home to
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