20 percent of Greenland’s ice cap lost due to climate change
It has been discovered that 20% of Greenland’s ice cap has been lost due to climate change, which equates to roughly 30m tonnes of ice an hour. Global...
Controversial deep-sea mining practice to be allowed in Norway
In a controversial move, Norway has become the first country to allow extracting valuable minerals from the sea bed, which experts state that will irr...
Sámi reindeer herders to receive millions from Norway for human rights violations
The Supreme Court in Norway has ruled that the Fosen wind farm in the country’s Fosen peninsula has violated the human rights of the Sámi people livin...
Icelandic power plant sees protective walls built in preparation for possible volcanic eruption
Iceland’s Svartsengi Power Plant is having protective walls built in preparation for a possible lava flow caused by the expected volcanic eruption. Th...
Cutting edge plastics recycling facility opens in Sweden
A cutting edge plastics recycling facility that is billed as the largest of its kind has recently opened in Sweden. According to the non-profit group,...
Denmark looks to become leader in developing floating owind turbines
The Danish government is supporting projects and forming new partnerships to become a leader in developing floating offshore wind turbines instead of ...
Iceland’s Svartsengi geothermal field sees its land rise
The Icelandic Met Office has recently discovered that the land near the Svartsengi geothermal field, northwest of the Þorbjörn mountain on the Reykjan...
New study finds Greenland’s ice caps melting increased by over 10 percent
According to a new study released by the American Geophysical Union’s journal Geophysical Research Letters, the melting of Greenland’s ice caps h...