Notorious walrus makes a splash in Norway
The notorious walrus, Freya, has been causing mischief in the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden, before settling in Norway’s Oslo fjord. Over t...
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Greenland sees unusual levels of extensive melting of country’s ice sheet
Greenland’s ice sheet recently saw high levels of melting due to higher temperatures, causing 18 billion tons of ice to melt over a period of th...
4.6M earthquake strikes under glacier in Western Iceland
Just before 10 PM on Friday 24th June, a 4.6 M earthquake hit under the Langjökull glacier in the western highlands of Iceland, which was felt across ...
World’s most ambitious climate target set into law in Finland
Finland has passed a law that sees the country aiming to reach net-zero by 2035 and net negative by 2040, which is the world’s most ambitious climate ...
3.8 M earthquake detected in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula
According to the Icelandic Met Office, a 3.8 M earthquake was detected close to the tip of the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland on Friday 20th May at 18...
Europe’s largest battery recycling plant opens in Norway
Norway has started the operations of Hydrovolt, the largest battery recycling plant in Europe, located in Fredrikstad in the south of the country. The...
Iceland and Norway qualify for Eurovision Song Content 2022
Iceland’s entry Systur and Norway’s entry Subwoofer have both qualified for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song, set to take place Saturday 14th Ma...
High number of arctic fox in the wild due to Norway’s breeding program
Over the last twenty years, over 450 arctic fox cubs have been bred and released into the Norwegian countryside, marking a new era for the animal in N...