Climate change links 3/2012 (Jan 16 – Jan 22)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2012-03

Climate change links 2/2012 (Jan 9 – Jan 15)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2012-02

Watching The Finnish… December 2011

Finnish climate change news

Finnish Meteorological Institute: “A record-warm and record-long growing season” (in Finnish)

Finnish Meteorological Institute: “An exceptionally warm November” (in Finnish)

Yle: Helsinki 20 degrees warmer than last December

Finnish Meteorological Institute: “Warm December brought thunderstorms” (in Finnish)

Yle: Unusually warm weather preventing birds from flying south

Yle: Lack of snow keeping bears awake

Yle: Rivers reach spring flood levels

Helsingin Sanomat: Rain brings flooding to lakes and rivers in south of Finland (Dec 15)

Helsingin Sanomat: Record rains take a brief break, but damage already done (Dec 20)

Yle: Tens of thousands without power – transport disrupted

Yle: Winds decrease but storm claims first fatality

Yle: Rescue services kept busy by storm

Yle: Storm passes but more gusting winds on the way

Yle: Power cuts plague up to 200,000

Yle: Rail traffic disruptions on Tuesday

Yle: Storm damages may rise to millions of euros

Yle: Problems persist in train traffic

Yle: Tens of thousands still without electricity

Yle: Widespread disruptions in mobile networks

Yle: 20,000 still without power

Yle: Continuing problems with cell phone coverage

Yle: 120 million euros worth of fallen timber

Yle: 14,000 households still in the dark

Finnish Meteorological Institute: Storm on St Stephen’s Day was rare

Helsingin Sanomat: Tourism in Lapland is troubled with mild weather (Dec 20)

Finnish Environment Institute: Nature-dependant Finnish livelihoods must adjust to climate change

Statistics Finland: Total consumption of energy increased by 10 per cent in 2010

Statistics Finland: Prices of energy continued to rise

Statistics Finland: Greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 nearly at the level prior to the economic downturn

Statistics Finland: One-half of wood material used in Finland is burned

Helsingin Sanomat: Sometimes a great notion: energy crop is left lying in fields (Dec 8)

Yle: Olkiluoto 3 nuke start-up delayed until 2014

Helsingin Sanomat: Areva: Olkiluoto III to be completed only by August 2014 (Dec 21)

Yle: Ollila tops Greenpeace “Dirty Dozen” list

Good News from Finland: Neste Oil builds waste-based microbial oil plant

Finnish Meteorological Institute: European Atlas on adverse weather for transport

Helsingin Sanomat: Finland wants rail link to Arctic Ocean (Dec 15)

Climate change links 1/2012 (Jan 2 – Jan 8)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2012-01

Climate change links 52/2011 (Dec 26 – Jan 1)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2011-52

Climate change links 51/2011 (Dec 19 – Dec 25)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2011-51

Climate change links 50/2011 (Dec 12 – Dec 18)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2011-50

Climate change links 49/2011 (Dec 5 – Dec 11)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2011-49

Climate change links 48/2011 (Nov 28 – Dec 4)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2011-48

Watching The Finnish… November 2011

Finnish climate change news

Finnish Meteorological Institute: “October was clearly warmer than average in the entire country” (in Finnish)

Helsingin Sanomat: Levi World Cup slalom races cancelled owing to warm weather and lack of snow (Nov 3)

Helsingin Sanomat: Warm weather sends nature a little bit crazy (Nov 29)

Yle: Winter late by over a month

Yle: Warm weather delays water birds’ departure, see also the research article in Journal of Ornithology

Yle: Finnish tourist industry urged to prepare for snowless winters; see also the report (in Finnish) and related press release (in Finnish)

Yle: New intrusive species in Helsinki waters

Helsingin Sanomat: Wind energy companies battle doubts and fears (Nov 1)

Ministry of Transport and Communications: Greenhouse gas emissions from transport have increased

Yle: Transport emissions leave Kyoto target in the dust

Helsingin Sanomat: Less paper waste ends up in recycling (Nov 21)

Yle: More garbage being burnt

Yle: Eco-electricity gaining ground with consumers

Good News from Finland: UPM develops new composite material

Good News from Finland: Finnish companies win Global Cleantech awards

Good News from Finland: Neste Oil trials renewable diesel in cars and boats

Finnish Meteorological Institute: International satellite service station inaugurated in Sodankylä

Finnish Environment Institute: A new tool for planning sustainable urban regions

Nina Himberg: Traditionally Protected Forests’ Role within Transforming Natural Resource Management Regimes in Taita Hills, Kenya (doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki)

Liisa Kulmala: Photosynthesis of ground vegetation in boreal Scots pine forests (doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki)

Antti Mäkelä: Thunderstorm climatology and lightning location applications in northern Europe (doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki)

Tuomo Särkikoski: Rauhan atomi, sodan koodi : Suomalaisen atomivoimaratkaisun teknopolitiikka 1955-1970 (doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki; with English summary) “This dissertation investigates the atomic power solution in Finland between 1955-1970″

Climate change links 47/2011 (Nov 21 – Nov 27)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2011-47

Climate change links 46/2011 (Nov 14 – Nov 20)

http://www.diigo.com/user/tietoukka/2011-46