Queen Sonja of Norway discharged from hospital after breathing issues
Norway’s royal palace has announced that the country’s Queen Sonja has been discharged from hospital in Oslo after reported breathing issues. In a sta...
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Moose migration live stream in Sweden attracts millions of viewers
A live stream in Sweden by the public broadcaster SVT has attracted millions of viewers to capture the country’s moose migration in real-time. The str...
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...
Greenland Prime Minister declares “Greenland is ours” after recent President Trump comments
Greenland’s Prime Minister, Múte Bourup Egede, has declared that “Greenland is ours” after U.S. President Trump’s comments that the United States will...
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...