In Russia’s warmest summer ever, Arctic ice reaches record low
Ice layers in parts of the country’s Arctic shrink to almost 70 percent below normal. Reports from leading Russian research
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Gloomy lingonberry forecast for northern Sweden
There will be a lot fewer lingonberries in the north of Sweden this year compared to last, according to the
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Wet weekend ahead for Finnish Lapland
There’s a wet weekend in store for most of the country as a band of rainfall moves in on Saturday
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Warming lake waters defy Jaakko’s Day legend in Finland
Although according to ancient Finnish legend, sea and lake waters begin to cool on July 25, the opposite seems to
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Ice-Blog: Hottest year – scary, but not for Arctic shippers from China?
As I sit in my Bonn office between thunderstorms in a week where we reached a record 36 degrees Celsius
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Constant rain threatens potato crop in northwest Finland
The northwest region of Northern Ostrobothnia has been plagued with continual rain now for weeks, and farmers in the region
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Summer heat record in North Finland
Finland’s highest temperature this summer was recorded at 28.8 degrees Celsius in Kuusamo, northern Ostrobothnia, Finland on Tuesday afternoon. The day’s
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Ice-Blog: Translating COP21 from intent into action… is time running out?
After all the hype surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement in December, there is a real danger of anti-climax, of feeling
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Despite winter darkness, solar power might work better in rural Alaska than you’d expect
Harnessing solar power in Alaska might not, at first, seem very effective. The sun is a rare sight in much
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Arctic sea ice hits new record winter low
Arctic sea ice contracted to a new record winter low this year with the largest declines in the Barents and
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Warm Easter predicted across Finland… even for Lapland
The weather forecast looks fairly bright for the Easter weekend, with drier, sunnier conditions moving in across Finland and temperatures
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Arctic’s ‘startling’ winter warmth ‘milepost’ say scientists
FAIRBANKS — This winter was so unusually warm in Alaska — and around the Arctic — that it took even
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Sweden: Gotland & Öland could face severe water shortage
Record-low groundwater levels have been recorded on the islands of Öland and Gotland in southeastern Sweden and may lead to
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1,000 experts converge in Alaska for Arctic events
You could call it Arctic-Palooza. About 1,000 scientists, policymakers, business managers, students and others interested in the Arctic are set
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Tohmajärvi: The coldest place in Finland
Finland’s coldest place in January is to be found in North Karelia. Over the past month the average temperature in
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