Unusual amounts of snow and ice threaten reindeer in Arctic Norway
“It’s a serious crisis,” says Elisabeth Aspaker, County Governor of Norway’s northernmost region. She calls on everyone not to disturb
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ENVIRONMENT
Experts discuss plan to lift nuclear waste from Russian Arctic seabed
Experts are discussing the framework for safe lifting of dumped reactors from four submarines and uranium fuel from one icebreaker
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Mass grey whale strandings may be linked to solar storms
Each year, grey whales travel more than 16,000 kilometres along the Pacific Coast, from Mexico to Alaska and back. But every
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Finland’s highest vehicle emissions down south, oldest cars up north
Finland’s car population continues to age, even as government considers ways to get motorists to switch to newer, more fuel-efficient or electric
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Scientists fire rocket from Arctic Sweden into the heart of aurora borealis
After weeks of waiting for the perfect conditions, scientists were finally able to fire off a rocket early Thursday into
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Exemptions to possible Arctic HFO ban denounced by Indigenous orgs, environmental groups
The International Maritime Organization’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) meeting wound up in London on Friday, with agreement
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Golden eagles’ reindeer attacks cost Finland 800,000 euros in damages
Finland paid approximately 1.4 million euros in compensation for damage caused by protected animals in 2018, of which barnacle geese
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Indigenous leaders in northwestern Canada declare climate emergency
Indigenous leaders sign declaration stating climate change requires immediate action Dana Tizya-Tramm, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, was
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Inuit orgs welcome Canada’s support of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic waters
Canada’s support of an international ban of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in Arctic waters is an important step to safeguard
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Canada comes out in favour of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic
Canada announced its support of an international heavy fuel oil (HFO) ban in the Arctic on Tuesday, saying it favours
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Finland needs its own space research centre, gov’t report says
Finland must increase its investments in the business and technologies of space, according to a report commissioned by the Prime
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IMO to tackle possible Arctic heavy fuel oil ban starting Monday
The International Maritime Organization will be tackling the thorny question of a heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic when
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Another Yukon community lines up for solar power in northwestern Canada
White River First Nation proposing solar farm in Beaver Creek to offset diesel use The community of Beaver Creek, Yukon,
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Canada plans to support ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping
Canada will support a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters at the upcoming
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Precipitation levels in North Finland 1.5 –2 times higher than average
Outside of the Arctic region of Lapland, Finland experienced record-breaking average temperatures and all-time highs in the month of January
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