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Wide-angle view showing green, ribbon-like aurorae as well as glowing blue, purple, and white cloud-shaped features in the night sky.
Posted inScience Updates

Ionospheric Fireworks Illuminate Auroral Science

by Tima Sergienko, Yoshihiro Yokoyama, Urban Brändström, Masatoshi Yamauchi and Anders Tjulin 28 February 202428 February 2024

A sounding rocket experiment set off a spectacular nighttime light show over Scandinavia as it produced new insights into ionospheric behavior near an aurora.

Posted inThe Landslide Blog

The 23 September 2023 landslide at Stenungsund in Sweden

by Dave Petley 26 September 202326 September 2023

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 23 September 2023 a very significant landslide occurred at Stenungsund in Sweden, causing extensive damage to a major road, the E6 motorway between Gothenburg and Oslo (across the border in Norway) […]

Photomicrograph of anthrax.
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Climate Change Has Already Aggravated 58% of Infectious Diseases

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 23 August 20229 September 2024

Global warming has, in certain instances, amped up some of the world’s most deadly diseases.

A reenactor works on a Viking farm at a living history museum in Sweden.
Posted inNews

Food Security Lessons from the Vikings

by James Dacey 29 June 202115 March 2023

Scandinavian societies of the first millennium adapted their farming practices to volcano-driven climate changes.

Isolation lake in northwestern Scotland
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An Ancient Meltwater Pulse Raised Sea Levels by 18 Meters

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 2 June 202118 November 2021

Meltwater pulse 1A, a period of rapid sea level rise after the last deglaciation, was powered by melting ice from North America and Scandinavia, according to new research.

Close-up view of the planktonic sea snail Limacina helicina
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Arctic Plankton Populations Vary by Season

by David Shultz 5 May 202015 March 2023

Planktonic foraminifera and sea snail numbers swell from April to June in the Barents Sea, but contrary to predictions, the organisms do not appear to be affected directly by high methane levels.

Dune-shaped optical features captured by digital photography in Latilla, Finland
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Skywatchers Spy Rippling Waves in the Northern Lights

by Mary Hudson 28 January 202014 February 2022

Not to be outdone by the discovery of STEVE sub-auroral emissions last year, citizen scientists across Scandinavia reveal dune-shaped optical features, a new atmospheric phenomenon.

Torrential rains flooded streets in Denmark in 2017, stranding and damaging vehicles
Posted inScience Updates

Local Climate Projections: A Little Money Goes a Long Way

by P. Guttorp and T. L. Thorarinsdottir 17 September 201924 January 2023

Three Nordic countries collaborate to build a suite of eScience tools to support long-term planning and decision-making in the face of a changing climate.

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