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Norway first developed nation to make major commitment to cut greenhouse...
Image source: Wikimedia Commons At the United Nations summit on climate change, currently being held in Bangkok, Thailand, delegates from Norway announced their country’s commitment to cut greenhouse...
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Norway and Guyana sign massive rainforest conservation deal
Kaieteur Falls, Guyanese rainforest, photo by madmack66 (source: Flickr Creative Commons) The tiny rich country of Norway and the tiny poor country of Guyana have made a deal to preserve the...
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Northern Lights Provide Scientists with Another Mystery to Solve
Image Source: Flickr. By: Nick Russill If you’ve ever been far enough north or south in this world, you may have seen the awesome Northern (or Southern) Lights. This dazzling display of shifting colors...
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Electricity from osmosis – Norway opens first osmotic power plant
Statkraft osmotic power plant - photo by Bjoertvedt (source: Wikimedia Commons) Statkraft, Norway’s state owned electricity company, has opened the world’s first osmotic power station in the Norwegian...
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Breaking: Agreement on international forest protection reached at Oslo...
photo by timekin (source: Flickr Creative Commons) At a UN climate conference in Oslo, Norway this week, nations agreed on an increase in aid from rich to poor countries to protect the Earth’s forests...
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Top 10 Eco-Vacation Spots Around the World
Image Source: Flickr. By: Randihausken.School is ending, summer is rearing it’s blistering hot head, and the vacation season is upon us. Will you take to the beach again this year, or perhaps go...
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Creature Feature: The Boreal Felt Lichen
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons. By: Ian Goudie. This week’s Creature Feature takes us to the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska to find a species that is one of the most endangered in the world. The...
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Norway hosts the northernmost climate change talks ever
UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon visits Ny Ålesund; from United Nations Photo (Flickr Creative Commons) Ny Ålesund, Norway. Population: 30-40. Home to the most northerly post office in the world and a growing...
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20 tons of dead herring on beach in Norway
photo by Uwe Kils (Wikimedia Commons) A beach in Nordreisa, Norway is now completely blanketed in dead herring. It is unknown what caused the herring to die; whether it was tides, predatory fish or...
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Unique Spectacle of The Aurora Borealis
photo by Sebastian Voltmer These amazing pictures and videos show the aurora, also known as the Northern Lights, which appeared over Kirkenes-Fjell. Norway is well known as a country to view this...
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European supergrid could power UK with foreign green energy
Iceland geothermal facilities near Grindavík (image public domain) Soon Wales will receive wind energy generated off the coast of Ireland via high voltage cables spanning the bottom of the Irish Sea....
View ArticleNorwegian scientists improve ways to track fecal water contamination
Bioforsk, the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, has developed new methods for detecting fecal pollution in water catchments. With these methods scientists are able to...
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