Toxic algae a threat to Sweden’s water supply
High levels of toxic blue-green algae, which has thrived in this summer’s extreme hot weather, is making it more difficult
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Finnish researcher testing plants to purify lakes and seas
An algal bloom the size of a baby’s fist is floating in a dish in a Lahti laboratory, in southern
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Calls to save water heard as Finland’s underground reserves drop
Mirjam Orvomaa, a hydrologist with the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), says Finland’s groundwater levels might reach record low levels this
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Arctic and Antarctic waters breed more new species than tropics: study
Think life is easier in the tropics? A new study published in the journal Nature suggests Arctic and Antarctic waters,
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Preserving biodiversity in Sweden’s shrinking natural forests
Sweden’s forests cover 60% of the country’s land area, one of the highest percentages in Europe. But conservation biologist Rebecka
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Researchers return to Canada’s Arctic to study flora, ducks
A pair of botanists that have spent four years documenting local plant life in Nunavut are back in the
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