Glacier ice in narrow fjords creates oceans’ noisiest known conditions, study says
Glacier Acoustics Project from Hilary Hudson on Vimeo. The noisiest places found yet in the world’s oceans are some of
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In Anchorage, lack of snow saves city a heap of money on maintenance
Less snow in Anchorage is bad for skiing, but a boon for the city’s maintenance budget. Officials say the city
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Climate change a threat to moose in Sweden
Rising temperatures are a threat to Sweden’s moose (or European elk) population, writes the newspaper Kvällsposten. If global warming continues,
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Avalanche warning in Arctic Finland
Heavy snow has created an “exceptionally high” risk of snowslides in northern Finland, meteorologists say, with skiers at popular resorts
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Warmth, lack of snow in Yukon threatens winter events
Once again, the weather patterns are playing havoc with the Yukon’s reputation for Arctic cold and snow. One of the
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Low snow in Southcentral Alaska has Iditarod officials pondering Fairbanks restart
With abysmal snow conditions in Southcentral Alaska, the Iditarod Trail Committee is considering moving the race’s restart north to Fairbanks. Race
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Lack of fresh snow halts wolf hunt in Sweden
The on-going wolf hunt in Värmland, Sweden has been paused due to the weather and the lack of new snow.
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Blog: Landmark UCLA study reveals melting of Greenland ice sheet from top to bottom
Many scientists have studied how the glaciers and big chunks of ice breaking off the edges of the Greenland ice sheet are
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Huge amount of oxygen-rich water flows into Baltic
The past few weeks have seen the largest amount of salt water for decades flow into the Baltic Sea from
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2014 warmest year in history for Norway
2014 was the warmest year ever recorded in Norway. The average annual temperature was 2.2 °C higher than normal –
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2014 the second hottest year in Finnish history
Weather-wise, 2014 was an extraordinary period in many ways. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, last year will go
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Energy consumption at 30-year low in Sweden
Warm weather and a weak European economy brought a dip in Swedish electric energy use in 2014. Energy-consumption levels have
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Thousands of households lose power in eastern Finland
A swing from frigid to warmer temperatures coupled with heavy snowfall plunged as many as 20,000 households in eastern Finland
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Fresh saline pulse reinvigorates Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea started receiving a new pulse of saline this past weekend, as recent storms have caused the oxygen-rich,
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Climate change could mean more winter precipitation, summer heatwaves for Finland
Climate change could mean more stuff coming down from the sky during the Finnish winter, according to director general of
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