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Tuesday April 14, 2026

Global glaciers see record losses in 2025: study

Earth's glaciers lost about 408 gigatonnes of ice in 2025, contributing roughly 1.1 millimeters to global sea-level rise, an international study reveals, reported Xinhua. The World Glacier Monitoring Service study involving an Australian scientist found that 2025 was the sixth-worst year for glacier loss since records began in

Published: 20:45 pm,Tuesday 7 April 2026

Finland sees record warmest average temperature in March

The average temperature in March was record-high across almost the entire country, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). Nearly every observation station of the FMI recorded a new record of the average temperature in March, said an official press release on Tuesday. At most marine observation stations, the month

Published: 22:51 pm,Saturday 28 March 2026

Clock advances 1 hour as summer time begins Sunday

Summer time will start early Sunday when the clock will advance by one hour at 3:00 o’clock. In February 2026, Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apóstolos Tzitzikostas launched a study to examine the effects of changing the clocks across the EU. The work is to be completed by

Published: 22:38 pm,Wednesday 4 March 2026

Rising river temperatures challenge fish survival

Finland’s rivers are getting warmer, with heatwaves becoming more frequent and more intense, according to a recent study by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Any of the fish populations are becoming stressed by the high temperatures, which directly impact the metabolic rate of individuals and leads to an increasing

Published: 00:53 am,Thursday 26 February 2026

Finland logs 2nd warmest year on record in 2025

Finland recorded its second warmest year on record in 2025, with temperatures across most of the country only slightly below the record set in 2020, the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) said in its annual climate report released on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. The nationwide annual mean temperature was 4.5 degrees

Published: 23:32 pm,Monday 2 February 2026

Lapland sees coldest January in 40 years

Finland experienced a colder January than usual this year all over the country, said the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in a press release on Monday. Lapland, the northern region of the country was unusually cold and it was coldest January since 1987. The average temperature for the month ranged from

Published: 01:05 am,Thursday 15 January 2026

WMO confirms 2025 one of warmest years on record

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Wednesday that 2025 was among the three warmest years on record, extending a streak of exceptionally high global temperatures, reported Xinhua. The global average surface temperature in 2025 was 1.44 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 average, according to the WMO's consolidated

Published: 20:19 pm,Friday 9 January 2026

Season lowest -42.8 °C temperature recorded in Lapland

The severe cold wave continued across Finland and the temperature fell further on Friday, said Finnish weather forecasting company Foreca. The Met Office recorded the lowest temperature of this winter minus 42.8 degrees Celsius at Savukoski, a municipality in Lapland on Friday morning and temperatures at five observation centres

Published: 22:13 pm,Monday 5 January 2026

Mercury drops to -39.9°C at Savukoski as cold wave continues

The severe cold wave and snow fall, which started on new year eve continued across Finland and the temperature fell further on Monday, said Finnish weather forecasting company Foreca. The Met Office recorded the lowest temperature of this winter minus 39.9 degrees Celsius at Savukoski, a municipality in Lapland

Published: 01:29 am,Saturday 3 January 2026

2025 marked 2nd ever warmest year in Finland

Last year was the second ever warmest year in Finland, said the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in a press release on Friday. The average temperature was 4.5 degrees Celsius in the whole country in 2025, which is 1.6 degrees Celsius higher than the long-term average for the years 1991-2020.

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