Driving out bad tyres

On thin ice

Sweden blows hot and cold on Iceland's reinduction into whaling panel

Toilet training

At Nacka nature school in Sweden

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Politics over science: Experts slam Sweden’s wolf cull; say it should learn to live with large carnivores

The wolf cull in Sweden will worsen the ongoing effects of inbreeding among Sweden’s lupines, say experts

African Swine Fever reaches the Far North; 50 pigs to be culled in Swedish county after infections in wild boar

Sweden is the 24th country in Europe to report outbreaks of ASF within its borders  

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Roasted North: Why record-shattering heatwaves are burning the northern hemisphere

The heatwaves in the northern hemisphere are now frequent, early, intense and last longer as seen in Siberia last year and North America this year

New AIDS vaccine shows encouraging results

Her majesty's pirates

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The new urban dream

Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.

ULSD dearer

High demand for clean diesel in Europe sends its price zooming

Safe disposal

Human activities are eating into reindeer grazing land in Europe

Multiple stresses affect 60% of Fennoscandia region; High risk of vegetation and landscape change in the future, finds study

60% European water bodies highly polluted: study

European Environmental Agency, in its study, finds English rivers, lakes and estuaries to be among the worst

Most EU countries set to miss 2020 carbon emission reduction targets: report

Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the UK are no longer at the forefront of the fight against climate change

What's cooking?

Methanol can become a low-cost, housewife-friendly fuel

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Sri Lanka firm accuses foreign company of stealing technology

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Farmers face land crisis

The real magic beans

Drumstick seeds can clarify water up to 99.5 per cent

Arsenic-free

Scientists in Sweden are propagating laterite treatment for the removal of arsenic from groundwater in the Bengal Delta plains

Asking for help