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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.

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

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

Is the world going to run out of water?

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?

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

Wax on, wax off: What do plant roots and karate have in common?

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?

Why are young climate activists being harassed online?

Will the future Arctic Ocean become greener?

Cracks in the cooking pot lid

Arguing over road tolls can be good for the climate, researcher says

Where food is delivered only once a year

Healthcare workers are raising the alarm: We need zero-carbon healthcare

From your home to the lab: Household items in the life of a marine scientist

Is it possible to live a climate-friendly life?

Researchers surprised by sky-high greenhouse gas emissions from biogas residues

Reduced Norwegian oil exports will reduce global emissions according to researchers

Into the deep unknown central Arctic Basin

Why are climate scientists so much more confident in their predictions now?

Three good reasons to visit the Arctic Basin in 2021

Are you going on a road trip? It may harm the environment

Older people are less worried about climate change than before the pandemic

Aliens in the Arctic?

Is the summer in the Barents Sea hot this year?

Longyearbyen with 2400 residents releases as much microfiber into the ocean as Vancouver

Microplastic comes from car tyres, but people would rather say no to plastic packaging

Seabed methane release follows the rhythm of the tides

How do we get people to eat less meat? We need a voice for ignored consumers

A handful of suitcases teach us how waves and sea ice interact, and improve weather and climate models

Company plans to fully charge electric cars in 17.5 minutes

Truckers can help save money and the environment at the same time