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Spitsbergen Expedition 2011: Day 2
Posted by Jørn Hurum of National Geographic Emerging Explorers in Explorers Journal on August 4, 2011 
In the second update from 2011 Emerging Explorer Jørn Hurum’s fossil-finding expedition in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, the team begins to uncover the first new fossils of the season.
Spitsbergen Expedition 2011: Day 1
Posted by Jørn Hurum of National Geographic Emerging Explorers in Explorers Journal on August 3, 2011 
For the next two weeks, 2011 Emerging Explorer Jørn Hurum will be leading an expedition to Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, continuing the work that has yielded many spectacular fossils through the years. In the first update, the team sets up camp wary of large numbers of polar bears in the area.
Posted by Norway and Indonesia agreed to enter into a partnership to support Indonesia’s efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests and peat lands, the governments announced in Oslo yesterday. “Indonesia will take immediate and decisive action to reduce its forest and peat related greenhouse gas emissions. Norway will support those efforts with U.S.$1…
Norway’s fisheries regulators have cut the 2009 catch quota for the endangered European eel by 80 percent and banned fishing of the eel completely starting next year, WWF announced today. Will the endangered European eel be able to slip through the net of extinction, thanks to Norway’s ban on catching it? Photo copyright WWF-Canon/Rudolf Svensen.…
Photo courtesy Scottish Wildlife Trust Beavers are a familiar sight to millions of people across North America. The tree-felling rodent is a common resident (some would say nuisance) in wetlands, ponds, and waterways. But in the UK, beavers have not been seen in the wild since they were extirpated four centuries ago, about the time…
