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A rain-swollen river washed away the road and felled trees in Kristinehamn, western Sweden, on August 22, 2014. (Johan Nilsson/AFP/Getty Images)

Swedish rivers overflow as heatwave melts northern snow

15 May 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate, flood, Flooding, heatwave, rivers, snow, spring, Sweden, Uppsala, Värmland, weather

Skies are beautiful and sunny throughout much of the country, but the warmth has brought a problem: flooding, after all

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Flood worries in Finland as river levels rise

23 April 2018 Yle News 0 Comments climate, Finnish Environmental Institute, Flooding, natural disasters, Ostrobothnia, rivers, spring, weather

The spring flood situation in Southern Ostrobothnia appears to be easing off after flood levels were broken Saturday, according to

Norwegian border patrol boat on the Pasvik river. (Jonas Karlsbakk/Barents Observer)

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Norway and Russia adjusting border line

30 July 2015 Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents, environment, rivers

For the first time since 1947 Norwegian and Russian authorities are adjusting the 196 kilometers long border between the two

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Oil spills surprisingly common in Finland, but cleanup dependent on volunteers

27 April 201530 April 2015 Yle News 0 Comments Finnish National Rescue Association, lakes, North, oceans, rivers, Saimaa Lake

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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Alaska: Bristol Bay sockeye’s prey quality affected by ocean temperature

27 January 201528 January 2015 Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage 0 Comments climate, conservation, fish, oceans, rivers

Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike.

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Alaska: Mining corporation a no-show in court as environmental criminal case moves forward

23 January 201523 January 2015 Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments fish, pollution, rivers, salmon, streams, XS Platinum Inc.

An Outside mining company accused of polluting salmon streams in Western Alaska failed to show up this week for an initial federal

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Record numbers for Swedish wild salmon

8 September 20148 September 2014 Radio Sweden 7 Comments Baltic, fish, rivers, salmon, spawning, Sweden, wild, wildlife

Salmon are surging up Sweden’s rivers in record numbers. In the biggest river, Tornea älv in Norrbotte, over 100,000 salmon

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Police investigate whether to bring criminal charges over nickel leak in Finland

21 July 2014 Yle News 0 Comments Harjavalta mine, Kokemäki, mining, Norilsk Nickel, pollution, Pori City Council, rivers

A maximum sentence of six years in prison could be levelled at those responsible for the 66-ton chemical leak from

Swimming off the shore of the Kokemäki river may not be safe, depending on who you ask. ( Matti Kauvo / Yle )

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Finland: Left, Greens and Norilsk Nickel weigh in on Harjavalta leak

14 July 201426 August 2014 Yle News 0 Comments Kokemäki River, mining, politics, pollution, rivers, water

Left Alliance committee calls for Pori river check-up; Green League VP chides environmental administration; metal factory Norilsk Nickel claims responsibility

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Finland: Harjavalta nickel leak biggest on record

9 July 201426 August 2014 Yle News 1 Comment Kokemäki River, mining, pollution, rivers, water

The nickel leak from a factory in Harjavalta, Finland is now the biggest ever recorded in Finland. The plant has

The Tolånga river in Sjöbo municipality. (Sveriges Radio)

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Dairy leak in Sweden turns river’s waters milky white

6 May 2014 Radio Sweden 0 Comments farming, fish, nordic, rivers, Sjöbo, Tolånga river

Around 15,000 liters of milk spilled into the Tolånga river in Sjöbo municipality, southern Sweden on Friday, after a pipe

An Arctic char in Alaska, one of the fish species researched in a new study looking at contaminants. (iStock)

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Fish show traces of banned pesticides in some Alaska parks

14 April 2014 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Arctic, Contaminants, lakes, national parks, rivers, Science

Traces of pesticides that were likely never used in Alaska and have — in some cases — long been outlawed