Will climate change remove dry land between Finland and Sweden?
The effects of climate change, including rising temperatures and sea level, can already be seen in the Kvarken, the narrowest
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WWF cam draws 225K watchers to endangered Finnish seal
The World Wide Fund for Nature began streaming live video of a rock in Saimaa lake known to be a
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Finland: Chainsaw-wielding fisherman rescues seal
Fisherman Tarmo Tolvanen from Rantasalmi in eastern Finland surged to fame in Finland after he cut a hole in the
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Stockholm pitches Xmas trees in water to help fish
The city of Stockholm is throwing Christmas trees in the sea as part of a pilot project to improve the
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Alaska: Invasive plant found in floatplane lake
A tenacious, invasive aquatic plant is now growing in what might be the worst place in Alaska – the floatplane
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Oil spills surprisingly common in Finland, but cleanup dependent on volunteers
About 2,000 oil spills a year take place in Finland, the large majority of which only leak small amounts of
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EU drops seal-protection complaint against Finland
The European Commission has dropped a warning to the Finnish government over protection of the critically-endangered Saimaa ringed seal. In
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Swedish politicians float water export idea
Local officials from southwestern Sweden are looking into the idea of exporting drinking water from the freshwater Lake Vänern. The motion is
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New measures to protect the Saimaa seal in Finland
Restrictions on new holiday homes, more limits on fishing and an 800 metre no-go zone around dens are included in
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Finland: Call for action after entanglement deaths of critically-endangered seals
The conservation group WWF Finland is urging the Ministry of Agriculture to move quickly to further restrict net fishing in
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Activists chain themselves to mining drill in Sweden
Around ten activists have chained themselves to a large drill machine at a mine in Norra Kärr, by Sweden’s second
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Fish show traces of banned pesticides in some Alaska parks
Traces of pesticides that were likely never used in Alaska and have — in some cases — long been outlawed
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