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 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 ...

As average temperatures across the planet continue to increase, a glacier on northern Sweden’s Kebnekaise mountain has melted so much that the mountain is no longer the country’s highest point. The ...

The south summit of Kebnekaise mountain, the highest peak in Sweden, is iconic. Several thousand climb or hike to the top every year, Ninis Rosqvist, director of Tarfala Research Station, which ...

Big mountain - what does that even mean? It's time to investigate and learn more about the fastest way of skiing down a mountain. The term 'big mountain skiing' is thrown around quite a lot these days ...

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 ...

Climate researchers have cautioned that melting glacier is causing Sweden’s once-tallest mountain peak to shrink further, shedding light on the extent to which global warming is affecting this part of ...

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. The northern lights dance in a breathtaking ...

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 ...