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 Emily Stroud October 23, 2020 Sweden's Climate Changes     This week, as stated above, I will be talking about Sweden's climate changes. Surprisingly, Sweden doesn't actually have very many tornadoes, thunder storms, blizzards ect., however, it does get very extreme weather, ranging from 72 to 73ºF in the Summer, and 32º to -22ºF in the winter.      About 15% of Sweden is above the Arctic Circle, and from late May to mid-July, there is no break from sunlight. Just imagine trying to sleep with sun still pouring through your windows at 12 AM! Also, according to  britannica.com , even all the way in Stockholm, Sweden's capitol, only a few hours during the night get, not dark, but "semidark". Interestingly enough, during the middle of December, even Lapland, north of Sweden, has nearly 20 hours of the day pitch black, leaving 4 hours of the day in twilight, while Stockholm gets 5.5 hours of light during December.     Why am I talk...

Sweden Mass Wasting “Since 1950, at least 10 people have lost their lives, and 160 were injured as a result of landslides” in Sweden. Sweden has had over 55 large landslides in the past 100 years. There is an estimate of 200,000 buildings that “are located close to water in areas where the risk of landslides will increase”. One landslide in Vagnhärad had a calculated cost of 120-130 million SEK (Sweden’s currency, one United States dollar is equal to 8.79 SEK).  Another example of a Sweden landslide is the December 2006 landslide, south of Munkedal, Sweden. “The slide covered a stretch measuring 550 metres long and 250 metres wide in a valley” ( Avalanches and Landslides - Sweden ). “The soil in the valley, which contains quick clay, shifted around 20 metres sidewards and 7 metres downwards at its peak. Several cars were caught up in the landslide and some people were injured. The landslide caused serious damage to the road and railway, as well as telephone cables embedded in the b...