Finland needs its own space research centre, gov’t report says
Finland must increase its investments in the business and technologies of space, according to a report commissioned by the Prime
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Precipitation levels in North Finland 1.5 –2 times higher than average
Outside of the Arctic region of Lapland, Finland experienced record-breaking average temperatures and all-time highs in the month of January
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Extremely low pressure grounds some air traffic in northern Norway
The past months have seen extraordinarily rough weather along the north Norwegian coast. Early this week came another extreme. The
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40 C temperature gap between northern and southern Finland
Winter temperatures reached their lowest level this winter when the mercury dropped to 37.7 degrees below freezing in Kevojärvi in
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The Tromso-winter in Arctic Norway now 17 days shorter than 30 years ago
Kirkenes, on the coast to the Barents Sea, woke up to 2° Celsius and rain Wednesday. In Tromsø, Norway’s largest city
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Russian climate report stresses adaptation but no reduction in fossil fuel extraction
The country’s new climate adaption plan includes no intent to stagger the major production growth of coal, oil and natural
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Finland nearly 1 degree warmer than usual in 2019
It was warmer and wetter last year than national averages, the Finnish Meteorological Institute reports. Temperatures in Finland last year
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Colder than average autumn in Finnish Lapland
Arctic Finland experienced a colder autumn than usual in 2019 according to statistics from the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). In
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Meteorologists should watch the tropics rather than the Arctic to predict extreme cold in North America, study says
Meteorologists often look at the behaviour of the polar vortex to predict extreme cold events in North America, but the
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Record Christmas snow cover in Finnish Lapland
Many Lapland residents will spend this Christmas enjoying record snow cover, according to data from the Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI.
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Iceland getting back to normal after being savaged by freak winter storm
Iceland is getting back to normal after being savaged by a freak winter storm last week, with the Icelandic Red
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Large swaths of Iceland still without power Wednesday after winter megastorm
Much of northern and eastern Iceland remained without power Wednesday afternoon after a winter storm raged across the country this
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Polar night begins as sun sets on Finland’s far North
According to the University of Helsinki Almanac Office, residents of the village of Nuorgam — located close to the northernmost
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Warm winter expected across the Arctic
Air temperatures will be above normal across the whole region and ice layers far below norms, an international group of
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Warmest October ever on Russia’s Arctic islands
After the hottest Arctic summer on record follows the warmest ever fall. The Russian archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and
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