Sweden's Sami fear for future amid rare earth mining plans
Kiruna, Sweden (AFP) Sept 8, 2025
Sweden's indigenous Sami fear they will lose their livelihood and culture if plans go ahead to mine a large rare earths deposit located on their traditional reindeer grazing grounds in the far north. ... more
Glaciers in Tajikistan show signs of irreversible decline as snowfall drops
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Too little snowfall is now destabilizing some of the world's most resilient glaciers, according to new research led by the Pellicciotti group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA ... more
Algal blooms shaped global carbon cycle during Antarctic Cold Reversal
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
At the close of the last ice age, massive algal blooms in the Southern Ocean helped slow the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to new research from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). Th ... more