Vadsø

Residents in Sør-Varanger and Vadsø reported a thick haze on Saturday morning, and local sources suggested it may have drifted in from Russia. The cause of the pollution had not been confirmed at the time of publication.

A professional driver counted 18 moose along the road between Varangerbotn and Brannsletta in Nesseby, Finnmark, with one moose nearly colliding with his tanker truck. Local wildlife officials say deep March snowfall is pushing moose down toward the coast and roads where snow is thinner, increasing traffic risk on slippery spring roads.

High pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a wild black-backed gull in Vadsø, Norway.

Fisherman Edgar Olsen hauled in over 2,000 invasive pink salmon in one seine cast during trial fishing at the Vesterelva estuary in Nesseby, distributing about half to locals and sending the rest to Lerøy.

A hiker walking with their dog in Jarfjord, Sør-Varanger, was bitten in the arm by a bear and is now receiving medical treatment; authorities warn against approaching bears.

Spring in the Arctic sees the lowest maximum sea ice extent on record in a 47‐year satellite observation history, according to NSIDC data.

Long-term data from eight coastal stations over the past 90 years shows that Norwegian coastal waters have warmed by up to 2°C, impacting local fisheries and marine life.

Kirkenes, Norway experiences unprecedented November heat, leading to canceled winter attractions and concerns from climate experts.

No one knows how many birds are infected with avian influenza along the coast of Finnmark. In Vadsø, seagulls sit next to dozens of dead birds.

Avian influenza has now been detected along the entire coast of Finnmark. In Vadsø, the disease has not yet been detected, but almost 800 dead birds have already been removed. See video.

Several thousand pink salmon were caught in one net in connection with the extraction of the blacklisted fish. Too many Pink Salmon in the oceans and rivers threaten other species of salmon in Norway.

Kirkenes had a record warm moon and Kongsberg has had more than twice as much accumulation as they usually do in January.

The fishing trip to Gaiakulpen in Vesterelva offered a real surprise to friends Njord Lindgård and Tobias Holm (13).

Grazing conditions are very poor this winter in Norway as an unusual amount of snow forces the reindeer to dig really deep to find food.

Palsmyr is threatened by climate change. At Ferdesmyra in Finnmark, the characteristic ice-filled pals that protrude from the terrain will be gone in a few years.

Some species have experienced a much greater decline than average. For the snowflake in Scandinavia there is talk of approx. 35 percent, patchwork 25 percent.

After frost comes spring, but when it happens in mid-November plants get confused. That is not good news.

A major new international study has recognized the crucial role Arctic Indigenous Peoples have to play in ecological restoration efforts that help build resilience to major climate-change driven shifts in the distribution of land, marine and freshwater species.

Harsh grazing conditions have been reported this winter due to some rainy days that have lead to ice cover on the ground.