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‘Iceberg’ sculpture captures ‘awe’ of Canadian Arctic

Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Monday, October 19, 2015 at 13:47
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An arctic-themed sculpture inspired by icebergs is being mounted at the Canadian Museum of Nature in the nation’s capital, Ottawa.

Wild boar populations are on the rise in Sweden. (iStock)

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Police hunt for wild boar in Swedish city

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 13:21 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 18:20
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Police in central Malmö, Sweden had an unusual call-out Tuesday night, to hunt for a wild boar which had been

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Norway app helps reaction to oil spills

Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 17:44 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 13:48
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How large the impact from an oil spill occurrence is, depends on how quickly the clean-up begins. While operational crews

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Finland: Rebranding ‘superfoods of the North’

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 17:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 13:48
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For years, Finnish root vegetables and freshwater fish stood neglected in the grocery aisles, as younger generations ignored them because

Recent attacks on domestic animals in northern Sweden has led to politicians authorizing a protective hunt through August 20, 2015. (iStock)

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Sweden to study Russian wolf DNA

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 13:48
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is launching a program to analyse the DNA of wolves in Finland and Russia, in

A county board in Sweden approved a protective wolf hunt because they feel the dozens of sheep and lamb deaths are so serious there's no other alternative.(iStock)

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Swedish wolves need more genetic diversity: study

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Friday, October 9, 2015 at 18:47
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A new report commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency says Sweden needs at least 300 wolves to maintain a

Ida Karlsson. (Michaela Lundell/Sverige Radio)

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Fast test for toxic fungi in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 18:31 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 15:40
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It’s the mushroom season here in Sweden, with lots of people searching the forests for edible delights. But not every

Traffic outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Electric car sales are weak in the country, especially compared to places like neighbouring Norway. (Sven Nackstand / AFP)

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Will Sweden be 1st fossil-free welfare state?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 19:24
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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

Asaf Shalev, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 19:47 — Last Updated: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 18:16
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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?

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 14:46 — Last Updated: Friday, September 25, 2015 at 20:57
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 12:06
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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

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 11:29 — Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 15:38
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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

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 20:42
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Russian scientists are disappointed that a planned Norwegian-Russian polar bear inventory was cancelled because of lack of good will from

The Ojnare forest on northern Gotland. (Jonas Neuman/Sveriges Radio)

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Sweden’s Ojnare forest becomes protected area

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 19:56 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 19:14
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The government has decided that the Ojnare forest on the Baltic Island of Gotland needs to be protected for its

A fishing organization in Finland has been praised for its decision to not host the 2017 fly-fishing world championships in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. (iStock)

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Fishermen receive environmental award for competition boycott in North Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 18:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 20:31
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The Ympäristöavaus 2015 award has been given to the Finnish Federation for Recreational Fishing for its part in helping preserve