Finland: Rebranding ‘superfoods of the North’
For years, Finnish root vegetables and freshwater fish stood neglected in the grocery aisles, as younger generations ignored them because
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Sweden to study Russian wolf DNA
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is launching a program to analyse the DNA of wolves in Finland and Russia, in
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Swedish wolves need more genetic diversity: study
A new report commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency says Sweden needs at least 300 wolves to maintain a
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Fast test for toxic fungi in Sweden
It’s the mushroom season here in Sweden, with lots of people searching the forests for edible delights. But not every
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Will Sweden be 1st fossil-free welfare state?
Addressing the United Nation’s General Assembly on Saturday, Swedish Prime Minster Stefan Löfven said his nation would work toward becoming one
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Alaska scientist teaches Church about climate
Glenn Juday, a devout Roman Catholic and an ecologist, had been working on climate education within the Roman Catholic Church
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The new face of climate change?
German tourists aboard a cruise through the Hinlopen Strait in Svalbard this summer were approaching a yellow dot on an ice-floe,
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Russian oil company studies polar bears
State company Rosneft spends more than 120 million rubles on studies of the Russian polar bear. Company representative Pavel Rassadkin
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Invasive plant threatens Sweden
An East Asian plant called Japanese knotweed has put down roots in the south of Sweden. Despite being classified as
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Russia – Norway polar bear count nixed
Russian scientists are disappointed that a planned Norwegian-Russian polar bear inventory was cancelled because of lack of good will from
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Sweden’s Ojnare forest becomes protected area
The government has decided that the Ojnare forest on the Baltic Island of Gotland needs to be protected for its
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Fishermen receive environmental award for competition boycott in North Finland
The Ympäristöavaus 2015 award has been given to the Finnish Federation for Recreational Fishing for its part in helping preserve
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Nunavut allows limited caribou harvest after Baffin Island moratorium
Caribou are an important food source for Inuit on Baffin Island in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. But declining
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Grim outlook for Arctic wildlife in oil spill
In the event of a large oil spill in Alaska’s Arctic, officials say they would have limited ability to clean oiled
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Canadian river carries carbon from thawing permafrost to sea
The mighty Mackenzie River, the largest northward-flowing river in North America and one of the main sources of freshwater flowing into
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