Four out of five Swedish glaciers may disappear by 2100
By Hannah Thule Due to climate change Earth’s glaciers are melting at record speed. A researcher at Tarfala Research Station
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Works by Nunavut, Canada artist Qavavau Manumie featured in Warsaw exhibition
A number of works by Canadian artist Qavavau Manumie are being featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Modern
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Clean-up of major diesel spill in Russian Arctic won’t be completed until next winter
Thousands of tons of spilled diesel oil are being pumped into special containers placed along affected rivers and creeks. The
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High-tech lasers to help Sweden build detailed maps of all its forests
A laser-scan of all the forests in Sweden is about to be made, a process that will take seven years,
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Greenpeace activists released after oil protest in Arctic Norway
Six activists, including the captain of «Arctic Sunrise», have been fined for violating the safety zone around the Norwegian oil-rig
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Arctic river ice formations melting earlier in summer
Two scientists’ fascination with the layered ice mounds that build up along Arctic Alaska rivers led to an important discovery
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More protection for Russian Arctic archipelagos
Militarization and offshore oil development notwithstanding, major new areas of Russian Arctic lands are being subjected to enhanced environmental protection.
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More protected lands on Nenets tundra in Arctic Russia
Over the next five years, authorities intend to protect up to nine percent of regional Arctic territory. By year 2021,
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Swedish Biologists: “Turn forest fire area into nature reserve”
After Sweden’s worst forest fire in modern times, a group of Sweden’s leading biologists and ecologists say something positive could
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