Hot, arid summer guts a third of Sweden’s cereal harvest
An unusually dry, hot summer means Sweden will see smaller yields of crops like wheat, barley and oats, according to
Read moreAn unusually dry, hot summer means Sweden will see smaller yields of crops like wheat, barley and oats, according to
Read moreThis year’s grain harvest in Finland will be 2.8 million tons – the lowest yield so far this millennium, according
Read moreOne of Finland’s hottest summers on record has not been easy on mosquitoes, which have nearly vanished from some areas.
Read moreThe Robert Campbell Highway in eastern Yukon (territory in Northwestern Canada) has been closed because of an advancing forest fire.
Read moreMirjam Orvomaa, a hydrologist with the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), says Finland’s groundwater levels might reach record low levels this
Read moreThe biggest fires here are contained, and help from Finland is on its way. But the next few days will
Read moreThe Finnish government said it has decided to offer assistance to neighbouring Sweden as the country battles a historic rash
Read moreThe enormous forest fires here in Sweden have been surrounded, at great effort, and the emergency services are now able
Read more“Sweden is in a very serious situation” says Social Democrat Justice Minister Morgan Johansson on Tuesday morning, as Sweden’s emergency
Read moreFirefighters combat wildfires from the Kola Peninsula (Northwestern Russia) to Norrbotten (Northern Sweden) as record heat wave continues north of
Read moreSweden’s farmers are facing the worst grain harvest in a quarter of a century, according to the latest prognosis from
Read moreThe large wildfires currently burning will not be put out until the snow comes in October or November, says the
Read moreSweden’s worst forest fire season in modern times is putting emergency services through their toughest days, and currently all they
Read moreBy July 15, at least 70 people in Quebec (province in eastern Canada) had died of heat-related complications as temperatures
Read moreHundreds of people have been forced to abandon their homes as forest fires are now reaching historic sizes. Jämtland County,
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