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Cooler summer weather has positive effects in Finland

16 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Finland, summer, temperatures, weather

This summer has been exceptionally cool in Finland so far, but some say there are upsides to the low temperatures.

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Artificial intelligence could better predict climate change impacts, some experts believe

15 July 201916 July 2019 Taylor Logan, CBC News 0 Comments agriculture, Artificial intelligence, Biodiversity, climate change, technology, temperatures, water, wildfires

Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to track patterns that could help tackle climate change challenges. All signs point toward a

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Arctic winds chill Finland in July

15 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Midsummer, temperatures, weather

July has been unusually cool in Finland, with highs barely reaching 20 degrees Celsius. In June, the mercury hit 32

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Recyclables in Yellowknife, Northern Canada have been dumped in landfill for over a year

11 July 2019 Sidney Cohen, CBC News 0 Comments garbage, Northwest Territories, NWT, recycling, Yellowknife

While Yellowknife, Northwest Territories residents have been carefully sorting their recyclables and dropping them off in the city’s large blue

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Large wildfires in Yukon, northwestern Canada threaten highway

11 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Dawson City, forest fires, roads, wildfires, Yukon

Fire crews are battling a pair of major wildfires on the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City that are creating

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Round-the-clock ‘bear cam 360’ goes live in Finland

10 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments animals, bears, wildlife

For the first time, you can watch a 360-degree live webcast that puts you in the middle of a community

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Electric and biofuel buses roll into Finnish cities

10 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments biofuels, buses, Electric vehicles, Helsinki, mass transit, transport

Buses running on biogas and electricity are slowly becoming a more common sight in Finland, as transport companies and municipalities

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Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea

10 July 201912 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Bear Island, Komsomlets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, radiation, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel

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Finnish government considers allowing cities to charge congestion fees to slash emissions

9 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments carbon neutral, emissions, POLICY, taxes, traffic, transport

The Finnish government has plans to reduce carbon emissions by allowing urban municipalities to charge road congestion fees, according to

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Swedish government wants to go beyond EU single-use plastics ban

8 July 201912 July 2019 Radio Sweden 0 Comments European Union, plastic waste, plastics

Following the European Parliament’s vote to ban single-use plastic items such as cutlery and straws, the Swedish government says it

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Scientists check 30-year-old submarine wreck for radiation in Norwegian Sea

8 July 20198 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bear Island, Komsomolets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine Komsomolets sank in 1989. The unique titanium

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LNG tanker breaking through thick ice in Russia’s eastern Arctic

5 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, icebreakers, LNG, Northern Sea Route, sea ice, shipping

The Vladimir Rusanov is breaking its way from Sabetta to Korea through Russia’s Arctic route. The ship left Sabetta, the

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Clear-cutting more harmful to mushrooms than forest fires, Finnish study finds

5 July 20195 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments forest fires, forests, mushrooms, nature, wildfires, wildlife

Commercial clear-felling of trees is more harmful to fungi than forest fires, according to a recent doctoral thesis published at

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Skiers who died in Arctic Norway last winter triggered avalanche: report

5 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments avalanche, Blåbærfjellet, skiing, Tamok, Troms

A group of skiers who went missing in the Blåbærfjellet region of Norway’s Tamok Valley and were later declared dead

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Finnish petition to ban fishing nets in endangered seal habitats gathers 50,000 signatures

5 July 2019 Yle News 2 Comments conservation, endangered species, ringed seals, seals

A citizens’ initiative calling for a total ban on fishing nets in habitats used by the endangered Saimaa ringed seal

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