Will Alaska’s weird winter be followed by equally strange summer?
After an odd Alaska winter of record-warm temperatures and pouring rain instead of snow, will summer be weird as well? While scientists
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Climate change a threat to moose in Sweden
Rising temperatures are a threat to Sweden’s moose (or European elk) population, writes the newspaper Kvällsposten. If global warming continues,
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Feature interview: finger pointed at Canada, Russia, for degradation of intact boreal forest
The latest satellite mapping analysis of the planet’s untouched forests by a group of organizations such as Greenpeace and the
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Feature Interview: What tree rings tell us about climate in the Arctic
Tree rings in the Arctic hold important information about the northern environment. But the so called ‘divergence problem,’ that is
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US Department of Energy studies particles in Finnish forest
Top American and Finnish researchers are working together to better understand how fine particles in nature affect clouds and whether
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Gotland, Sweden divided over limestone quarry
In northern Gotland, Sweden the county administration board decided to suspend plans for a new limestone quarry in the unique and
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Finland: 50 free Christmas trees – you just have to find them
For the third year in a row, Finland’s Forest Management Associations in the region of Pirkanmaa will be “hiding” Christmas
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Dutch elm disease spreads in Sweden
The warm summer has provided perfect conditions for a beetle that spreads the Dutch elm disease, a fungus that is
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Could Sweden be self-sufficient on biofuels?
In the future, cars may be able to run on methanol and dimethyl ether (DME), instead of gasoline, and Sweden’s
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