Swedish Green Party urges action as record temperatures put strain on agriculture
The Swedish Green Party’s spokesperson Isabella Lövin focused on the environment, agriculture, and this summer’s record temperatures in her Almedalen
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Northern Barents Sea warming at alarming speed
Scientists link the sharp increase in ocean temperature to a recent decline in sea ice import. Around Svalbard, this July
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Finland needs ambitious CO2 emissions cuts to fight climate change, say researchers
Finland’s climate panel, a group of 14 leading climate change researchers, say the government needs to target an 85-100 percent
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Finnish president demands Arctic Summit to stop dangerous black carbon emissions
President Sauli Niinistö addressed the Finnish Climate Summit in Helsinki on Wednesday, calling on the Arctic Council member states to
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Finland to headquarter Europe’s new atmospheric research center
Finland will become the new headquarters of ACTRIS, the European Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace gases Research Infrastructure, the Finnish Meteorological
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No end in sight for Helsinki’s record, month-long drought
The Finnish capital Helsinki has had no rain for 30 days, a record-breaking dry spell for the Kaisaniemi weather station.
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Norway’s Arctic islands crush May heat records
It was 6,0°C above normal in Longyarbyen (Svalbard) which concluded its 90th month in a row with above normal temperatures.
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Scientists in Sweden help Indian farmers with artificial glaciers
Researchers in Sweden are providing their expertise in snow and ice to help farmers in a remote part of northern
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Finland’s May heat streak longest in 34 years
The month of May has proven to be one for Finland’s history books, as meteorologists have so far recorded 13
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While Trump shuns climate research, Sweden looks to lure American scientists
The Swedish government is setting up a guest research program to attract American climate and environmental scientists. We spoke to
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Canada ill-prepared for Arctic shipping boom, G7 sustainability summit hears
Canada is woefully unprepared for how Arctic shipping will transform the planet, heard the G7 Arctic Sustainability Summit in Montreal
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Landmark international science agreement comes into effect in Arctic
An Arctic Council agreement to facilitate scientific cooperation between the world’s eight circumpolar countries officially comes into effect on Wednesday.
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Ice-Blog – Former UN climate chief speaks out against Arctic drilling
One good thing about people no longer being in office is they are freer to come out with their own
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Finland’s last snow melts a month earlier than usual
The Finnish Meteorological Institute reports that it expects the last snow in Finland to melt on Sunday. Measurement stations throughout
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Blog – Climate change will destroy us… so what can we do about it?
Climate change exacerbates the weather phenomena around the world in different ways. We get plenty of snow, somewhere else there
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