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Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

8 August 201919 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, firefighting, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences everywhere from big

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Satellite photos show contaminated algae blooming in southern coast of Finland

26 July 201926 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments algae, climate, cyanobacteria, environment, Finland, Finnish Environment Institute, heatwave, summer

The heat that hit Finland in late July may draw crowds to beaches, but certain bacteria that live in the

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Arctic summer 2019: record heat, dramatic ice loss and raging wildfires

22 July 201929 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate, heat, sea ice, temperature, weather, wildfires

Never before have temperatures this high been registered at this time of year. June 2019 was the warmest ever on

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How a Swedish city is trying to turn green with more bikes and an electric ferry

18 July 201919 July 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate, energy, environment, Mobility, Sweden, Umeå

Developing cities that are climate smart is a challenge; we hear from the Swedish city of Umeå that’s encouraging people

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What Arctic ice can tell us about plagues, climate and conflict in the Middle Ages

18 July 201919 July 2019 Emily Blake, CBC News 0 Comments climate, ice, Middle Ages, Plagues, pollution

New research is revealing how plagues, wars and the climate affected the economy of Medieval Europe. But researchers didn’t find

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Finland has a ‘big responsibility’ for biodiversity loss, says researcher

7 May 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Biodiversity, climate, ecosystem, environment, Finland, United Nations

With one million species at risk, the devastating impact humans have had on nature was revealed in an extensive UN

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Low oil pressure caused Viking Sky engine failure says Norwegian authority

29 March 201929 March 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, environment, maritime safety, Nord University, Polar Code, preparedness, Red Cross, search and rescue, shipping, tourism, weather

Norway’s Maritime Authority (NMA) says low oil pressure caused the engine failure that stranded the Viking Sky in stormy waters

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The Viking Sky incident – A wake-up call for the Arctic cruise industry?

26 March 201929 March 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, environment, maritime safety, Nord University, Polar Code, preparedness, Red Cross, search and rescue, shipping, tourism, weather

When the Viking Sky, with 1,373 people on board, sent out a mayday Saturday afternoon after engine trouble stranded the

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What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science

11 February 201915 February 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, environment, fishing, hunting, Lapland, Näätämöjoki, Norway, research, Saami, Sami, Science, subsistence

A successful Saami-led, salmon rewilding project on the Näätämö river in Arctic Finland illustrates the success of partnership between Indigenous

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Melting ice brings down Sweden’s highest mountain peak

7 August 201810 August 2018 Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate, Glacier, Kebnekaise, mountain, Science, weather

The summer’s hot weather has reduced Sweden’s highest mountaintop to second place. The south peak of Kebnekaise was once the

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Italian water bombers assisting Sweden in fight against spreading wildfires

18 July 201818 July 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate, drought, firefighting, forest fires, heat, natural disasters, nature

Italian water bombing planes arrived on Wednesday, as emergency services are working nonstop to try to control the fires, with

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Sweden calls for volunteers to help fight raging wildfires

17 July 201818 July 2018 Radio Sweden 2 Comments climate, drought, firefighting, forest fires, heat, natural disasters, nature

At least eighty fires are burning around the country at present, and many are still not under control. According to

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Wildfires ravage Sweden, Norwegian helicopters flown in for backup

16 July 201816 July 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate, draught, fields, firefighters, forests, heat, nature, Norway

Fires continue to rage in forests and fields on Monday, and things have got so bad that rescue services will

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While Trump shuns climate research, Sweden looks to lure American scientists

25 May 201825 May 2018 Philip Barjami, Radio Sweden 0 Comments Arctic, climate, climate change, environmental, global warming, research, Science, Sweden, United States

The Swedish government is setting up a guest research program to attract American climate and environmental scientists. We spoke to

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Heatwave sparks fears of wildfires in large parts of Sweden

15 May 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments Central Sweden, climate, fire, firefighting, forest fires, heatwave, Sweden, weather, wildfire

It’s only mid-May but the mini heatwave has left large areas of Sweden bone-dry, leading to firefighters issuing a ban on public fires

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