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The future of renewable energy targets in Europe in the era of the Green Deal

OPINION: The EU as a whole has committed to ensure that 32% of its energy consumption comes from renewable sources by 2030 but individual targets for member states towards this goal are not binding. Still, there are other ways for the EU to ensure compliance by member states.

Enviroment - ScienceNordic

The aluminium in your old car should be recycled into a new car, not something else

Heading into a climate that humanity has never experienced before

The secret lives of slugs: Where do they hide and why do the come out after rain?

The environmental impact of ultrasound

The future of renewable energy targets in Europe in the era of the Green Deal

Much of the ski tourism in Europe could disappear

Even a limited nuclear war could cause billions to die of starvation

Shrimp are extinct in several areas

Plastic waste from Norwegian hospitals could fill 100 football pitches every year, according to report

What do mussels do when subjected to warmer water?

What can we learn from a Swedish fashion brand to innovate for a sustainable future?

Heatwaves in the ocean alarm climate researchers

Will we be able to pick blueberries in the lowlands in the future?

Is the world going to run out of water?

Biodiversity at risk because we don’t assess the risk of pesticides properly

Parcel lockers can make shopping more environmentally friendly

Only 5 per cent of the ocean has been explored

June was the fourth warmest June month recorded in Norway since 1900

You don't have to be a child to be fascinated by dandelions

Researcher warns of explosives in nature

A new overview provides an even more accurate picture of polar sea ice in the past 30 years

Here's how you can make air travel a little better for the climate

Research project halted after minke whale in Lofoten died: “The worst thing that could happen”

Decline in the number of wolves in Scandinavia

Tick repellent can cause learning difficulties in bumblebees

Norwegian Armed Forces: A lot more ammunition than previously thought has been dumped in Norway's largest lake – missiles are tightly packed

171 trillion pieces of plastic are floating around in our oceans

Norwegian and Swedish researchers completely disagree about pike

Study: Risk of giving birth to small babies increases when the mother lives farther from green spaces

Nuclear power is a friend of nature and the environment

These small bacteria eat huge amounts of methane. How will they respond to climate change?

Half of the world's glaciers may be gone by 2100

For a long time people thought fossils were animals and dragons drowned in Noah’s flood. Then scientists discovered the Ice Age

Will the geologists of the future see that something dramatic happened on Earth starting in 1950?

People don't want plastic around their food. Here’s how researchers can solve this problem.

Animal populations saw average declines of 69 per cent, but what does that actually mean?

Is there any hope of reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change?

What’s happening with the ‘doomsday glacier’ in Antarctica?

When does autumn actually begin?

These were the first plants to appear in northern Norway after the last ice age

Thin ozone layer is recovering

Record numbers of Norwegian sea eagles are exported to Europe

A Viking queen was buried with a bucket of these wild apples. Now researchers worry that their special genetic makeup will disappear

Cars pollute much less than before

Here’s how to make old houses climate-friendly

Hit them where it hurts: Producers of fast fashion should pay the most

Farmed salmon need zinc to avoid getting sick. But zinc in the ocean harms the environment

Your clothes cause water pollution — but now both the water and the pollutants can be reused

This is how climate change is impacting our nature right now

European study found abrupt increase in logging in the Nordic countries. Norwegian researchers beg to differ

The Nansen Legacy Winter Gaps Cruise

From burial urns to surfboards – wool can be used to make just about anything

These rodents may be the reason Norway has one of the world's most radioactive glaciers

Norwegian glaciers are shrinking all over the country

Beijing Olympics 2022: The controversies posing hidden risks for China and the IOC

Hunting moorings in the dark

Have Russian climate scientists convinced Vladimir Putin that climate change is real?

Deadly heat and extreme rainfall: This is what the world will be like if the temperature rises by 3 degrees, according to researchers

A strong breeze and chance of storms: How we used pollen to create a wind forecast from 10,000 years ago

Is green growth possible?

A new round of hunting for instruments in the dark polar night

Small pieces and large pictures in Arctic marine science

Microplastic research needs a common language

Fifty years of plastic trash hidden beneath the sod

The COP26 plastic uniforms are a disaster for the environment

Rare earths: Norwegian fertilizer against a Chinese near-monopoly

Making useful products from greenhouse gases

What’s best for the climate, buying a new electric car or driving your old petrol car into the ground?

The summer of 2020 lured out many first-time hikers

Could Isaac Newton show us the way into the Green Shift?

Hardcore science

Ephemeral landscapes

The Transpolar Drift current

The tiniest do the heavy lifting

Here’s what the latest climate models say about what will happen to Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets

Norwegians have built a half-million cabins as holiday homes. Is that too many?

The Arctic Ocean blender system

The Central Arctic Ocean: No longer the once forgotten no man’s land

What kind of climate measures work in villages and towns?