• Norway’s Geological Heritage

    Norway has five UNESCO Global Geoparks: Gea Norvegica (Vestfold/Telemark), Magma (Rogaland/Agder), Trollfjell (Helgeland), Sunnhordland (Western Norway), and Fjordkysten Geopark. Together, they represent unique geological landscapes and showcase Norway’s geological history. After renovation, the Natural History Museum in Oslo is Norway’s largest natural science museum and among the largest in Scandinavia, especially for geology and paleontology….

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  • Norway’s 48 national parks protect what Europe looked like before humans began to reshape it.

    Norway’s 48 national parks are like an open book of Earth’s history — places where glaciers still breathe, mountains carry memories millions of years old, and nature continues to live by its own rules.They encompass a wide spectrum of habitats, geological structures, and climate zones — from lowland forests to high-mountain and Arctic landscapes.These parks…

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  • The Silent Catastrophe in the Arctic

    Researchers are shocked by how frequently deadly incidents are being found on Svalbard, in which local Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) have died after becoming entangled in marine plastic debris — mainly fishing nets and ropes washed ashore. On average, one dead reindeer is found for every 3.5 kilometers of coastline — and Svalbard’s coastline…

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  • Norway’s Geological Heritage

    Norway has five UNESCO Global Geoparks: Gea Norvegica (Vestfold/Telemark), Magma (Rogaland/Agder), Trollfjell (Helgeland), Sunnhordland (Western Norway), and Fjordkysten Geopark. Together, they represent unique geological landscapes and showcase Norway’s geological history. After renovation, the Natural History Museum in Oslo is Norway’s largest natural science museum and among the largest in Scandinavia, especially for geology and paleontology….