Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from prison in Greenland after Denmark rejected a Japanese request to extradite him ~enviro Article 439 words 7 votes
Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns ~enviro Article 372 words 11 votes
Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are creating noise pollution that threatens return of Norway's whales ~enviro pollution.noise Article 1105 words 6 votes
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining ~enviro Article 419 words 17 votes
Norway wants to open its Arctic seabed to mining for critical metals – the WWF is suing the state in a bid to halt exploration ~enviro Article 1316 words 9 votes
Climate change and fish farming are endangering the future of Norway's Atlantic salmon ~enviro climate change Link 7 votes
Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election ~enviro conservation Article 563 words 5 votes
Thirty-year species reintroduction experiment shows evolution unfolding in slow motion ~science biology.marine Article 638 words, published Oct 28 2024 15 votes
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, known for his decades-long fight against Japanese whaling, arrested in Greenland in July, has asked France's president for political asylum ~enviro Article 636 words 12 votes
Historic US ship could soon become the world's largest artificial reef ~enviro Article 421 words 21 votes
UK music festival The Great Escape has withdrawn its partnership with the Faroe Islands after it was criticised for working with a country which allows “barbaric” whaling ~music Article 441 words 8 votes
Hvaldimir, a celebrated ‘spy’ whale, is found dead in Norway – first spotted in 2019 wearing what looked like a camera harness ~enviro Article 494 words 15 votes
Why have salmon deserted Norway's rivers? Salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish's future. ~enviro climate change Article 1004 words 8 votes
"Dark oxygen" production defies knowledge of the deep ocean, potentially upends standard model for discovering life on other planets ~science chemistry.marine biology.marine Article 839 words 31 votes
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrested on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan in Greenland ~enviro Article 334 words 33 votes
Atlantic sturgeon are being reintroduced to Swedish waters with the help of scientists and advocates nearly 100 years after they died out in the region ~enviro Video 2:32, published Jun 20 2024 15 votes
Iceland's government has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year ~enviro conservation Article 396 words 13 votes
Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas ~enviro Article 400 words 16 votes
Scientists figured out why orcas have been sinking boats for the last four years [turns out it's juveniles just having fun] ~science biology.marine Article 955 words 47 votes
Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans – WWF says the government has breached the law without adequately assessing the consequences ~enviro Article 454 words 6 votes
Exploring the mysterious alphabet of sperm whales ~science biology.marine Article 1108 words 10 votes
‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence ~enviro Article 612 words 8 votes
Big farms are under pressure to address the problem of dying salmon in Norway's vast fish-farm industry ~enviro Article 913 words 9 votes
Hydropower can be an environmental and human disaster – but do the risks have to be so big? ~enviro climate change energy.renewable Video 14:47 10 votes
Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably ~enviro sustainability Article 751 words 25 votes
MH370 and the sea creatures that opened a new mystery ~science biology.marine Article 2225 words, published Mar 7 2024 17 votes
How to move a 1,000-pound rescued manatee (swimming isn’t an option) ~enviro conservation Article 1679 words 6 votes
Rivers reborn: Alewives continue to make a recovery in the Penobscot watershed in Maine ~enviro Article 1338 words 13 votes
Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia's rare earths stronghold ~enviro Article 9 votes
How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now. ~enviro Article 893 words, published Jan 3 2024 27 votes
Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining ~enviro Article 1041 words 14 votes
Iceland fisheries minister rebuked over 2023 whaling ban – Parliamentary Ombudsman says whaling ban lacked legal footing ~enviro Article 77 words 10 votes