Climate change even has the power to shrink mountains, a new study shows. The glacial peak of Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest mountain, now reaches highs of 6,872 feet – almost 6.5 feet lower than only a ...

Mountain safety for tourists is set to improve in Sweden, with authorities introducing more signposting and guides in English as rising numbers of foreigners head for the hills. Around 800,000 people ...

Mountain climbing is another one of those weird, unexpected climate change casualties. After weeks of intense heat that’s set Scandinavian forests ablaze, new research shows that the heat has also ...

Researchers say climate change is driving the melting, which has seen Kebnekaise lose more than 20 metres in height since the mid-1990s Sweden’s only remaining mountaintop glacier, which until 2019 ...

There are fewer tourists in the Swedish mountains this summer compared to previous years, which could have positive effects on the mountain environment. 2019 was a record year for mountain tourism, ...

Northern lights glow over skywatchers high in the Swedish mountains on Feb. 21, 2014 in this image from the video “Lights Over Lapland” by Chad Blakley. Northern lights glow over skywatchers high in ...

Scientists are just finished drilling Sweden's deepest hole, and they hope it will reveal secrets about how the Himalayas were formed. The long stretch of mountains running along Sweden and Norway ...

Pollen analyses of sediment cores from two small lakes within the boreal forest in the central Scandes Mountains help to elucidate the Holocene forest dynamics of the region. Analyses of pore/pollen ...

KIRUNA, Sweden (Reuters) - Moving house is a complicated ordeal that can take thousands of pounds and many weeks to organise. Try moving half a town. The Arctic town of Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost ...