Norway has received far less snow than normal due to persistent high pressure near Greenland – hydropower production is therefore much lower than expected, as lack of snow depletes reservoirs
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Massive winter storm expected to dump snow and ice across United States
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Major storm sweeps across Nordic countries
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The science and strategy behind Wyoming’s snow fences
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An epic rail trip to Sweden's Arctic north ends with a surreal skiing experience – and waffles for breakfast while sitting out a snowstorm
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Is Slættaratindur, the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands, as tough to climb as it is to pronounce?
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Deep snow, thick ice and zero delays – inside the Arctic airports that never cancel a flight
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Finnish ironwoman Elina Mäkinen's guide to Finland's best outdoor icy plunges – from plunges under the Northern Lights to paying homage to Arctic gods
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Physical protective barriers have been built to hold back avalanches – but Svalbard has also turned to tech, with the help of a telecom firm and the University of Svalbard
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As warmer Finnish winters melt the snow drifts that endangered Saimaa ringed seals use to raise their young, humans are giving them a helping hand
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Rare, widespread snowfall in Taklamakan Desert - China
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Finland exports snow-saving mats to ski resorts hit by climate crisis – preserving previous year's snow for start of season can combat increasingly unpredictable winters
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Giant viruses discovered on Greenland ice sheet could reduce ice melt by feeding on the snow algae which diminish ability of ice to reflect the sun
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Every year since 1989, a hotel built out of snow and ice is constructed anew, and welcomes guests in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi
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Swedish snow chaos leaves 1,000 vehicles trapped in Skåne – travel chaos occurred amid plummeting winter temperatures across the Nordic countries
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See the sky: Thoru Yamamoto's Christmas story, for Playdate
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Helsinki Airport clears runway snow in just eleven minutes – why do some airports cope better with snow than others?
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Researchers are trying to unravel the mystery of snow that falls but never shows up in the Colorado river
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How California’s weather catastrophe turned into a miracle
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Snow aged wagyu beef experience
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Norway's Supreme Court could set a legal precedent for control of the natural resources around the strategically important Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic
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Huge 36" snowfall at Whistler made it almost impossible to snowboard some sections, glad I had my camera with me!
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Bomb cyclone hits California with flooding, high winds and heavy snow
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Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population collapses
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An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland's capital of Helsinki
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The Finnish ski resort of Levi, with its season cut short because of coronavirus, is saving its snow for next season
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Now even Norwegians are skiing indoors – a country that's symbolic of mountains, snow and winter sports adapts to a warming world with its first indoor-skiing center
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Rally Sweden will go ahead next week albeit eight stages shorter, despite the World Rally Championship event suffering from a lack of snow in the build-up
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Oslo may see just fifty days of snow deeper than 30cm in 2050, down from eighty days today and 140 days in 1900
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Train driver's view: "Stormy" winter conditions on the mountainpass (Bergen Line, Norway)
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Toward a grand unified theory of snowflakes
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Snow machines and fleece blankets: Inside the ski industry's battle with climate change
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Plastic particles falling out of sky with snow in Arctic
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Northwest’s late-winter snow means nation’s french fries could be in danger
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New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall
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Apparently snow lepoards bite their tails more than you'd think
@payoletter: snow leopards biting their tails: a thread
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