Iceland cancels its whaling season for the second year in a row
Hvalur HF, Iceland’s largest whaling company, has announced that it’ll not be participating in the country’s whaling season for the second year in a r...
Final coal power plant in Finland officially shuts down
Finland’s Salmisaari coal power plant in Helsinki has officially shut down, making it the final coal power plant in the country to close its doors. Th...
Volcano in Iceland: Grindavík evacuates as magma eruption begins
At roughly 6:30 am local time this morning, a magma eruption began at the Sundhnúk crater range on the Reykjanes Peninsula in the southwest of Iceland...
Iceland joins glacier research initiative to study ice loss
Iceland has joined ICELINK, a glacier research initiative that aims to examine the impact of climate change on glaciers and their ice loss. ICELINK ha...
Development of Biodegradable fishing gear begins in Norway
Norwegian scientists have started developing biodegradable fishing gear to reduce the number of harmful microplastics in the ocean. Among the conventi...
Glacial floods in Greenland: One of largest floods ever recorded in country
Researchers at Denmark’s University of Copenhagen have recorded in real time one of the largest glacial floods in Greenland, which took place be...
Volcano in Iceland: Seventh eruption in Reykjaness Peninsula this year
Late Wednesday evening, Iceland saw the seventh volcanic eruption in the Reykjaness Peninsula in 2024. This current volcano marks the seventh eruption...
Carbon dioxide cross-border transportation and storage collaboration announced between Finland and Norway
A new partnership between Finland and Norway has been announced, allowing the two countries to collaborate on the cross-border transportation and stor...