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- International Arctic School presented at... International Arctic School presented at SDWG meeting The first Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) meeting under Finnish Chairmanship was held in Inari on September 21-22. The meeting reviewed SDWG Work Plan for 2017-2019, project proposals, and status reports on ongoing projects.The First Deputy Minister of[…]
- APECS Oceania Symposium APECS Oceania Symposium 1st APECS Oceania Symposium"Addressing Future Antarctic Challenges from an Oceania Perspective"18th -19th September 2017Monash University, Melbourne (Australia) Symposium Summary:The inaugural APECS Oceania Symposium was held during Polar Week on the 18th and 19th of September 2017 at the Monash University Conference[…]
- Sailing Expedition Seeks Arctic-Related ... Sailing Expedition Seeks Arctic-Related Marine Scientists and Projects Pachamama is a 15m sailing vessel, which has been travelling around the world for 17 years. The vessel serves as the home of the TOPtoTOP Global Climate Expedition. The expedition is keen to aid scientific research however possible and has[…]
- APECS - PEI Polar Week Webinar: Kids are... APECS - PEI Polar Week Webinar: Kids are not your peer reviewer APECS - PEI Polar Week Webinar: Kids are not your peer reviewer24 September at 19:00 GMTSpeaker: Julia Dooley (Polar Educators International)Registration LinkIf a six-year old can talk about a Tyrannosaurus and describe how it differs from a Stegosaurus, they can[…]
- APECS Polar Week Webinar on 23 September APECS Polar Week Webinar on 23 September APECS Polar Week Webinar: How to get involved: Insights from EPB, IASC and SCAR fellows23 September 2017 at 13:00 GMTRegistration linkSpeakers:Joseph Nolan, Junior Policy Officer, European Polar Board (EPB)Alevtina Evgrafova, 2017 Fellow, International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Lavenia Ratnarajah, 2016 Fellow,[…]
- Northern Forum attends Arctic Energy Sum... Northern Forum attends Arctic Energy Summit in Helsinki The 4th Arctic Energy Summit took place in Helsinki on September 18-20. The Summit is an endorsed project of the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group. This year the Summit was organized by Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment[…]
- Understanding Polar Ecosystem Change Thr... Understanding Polar Ecosystem Change Through Time Series Observations, Technological Advances, and Biophysical Coupled Modeling The 2017 Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science "Understanding Polar Ecosystem Change Through Time Series Observations, Technological Advances, and Biophysical Coupled Modeling" brought together leading investigators in Antarctic and Arctic marine research. Using a tradition of excellence facilitated by[…]
- 2nd PACES Open Science Workshop 2nd PACES Open Science Workshop The 2nd PACES (air Pollution in the Arctic: Climate, Environment and Societies) Open Science Workshop was held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on 27-29 June 2017. More than fifty scientists representing 13 countries with interests in the Arctic Earth system[…]
- PACES Workshop "Towards an Interdis... PACES Workshop "Towards an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda for Arctic Air Pollution" PACES Workshop "Towards an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda for Arctic Air Pollution" provided a forum for focused discussions on how to combine research methodologies form humanities, social and natural sciences to understand current and future air pollution in the Arctic with[…]
- First Meeting of the Arctic Council Task... First Meeting of the Arctic Council Task Force on Arctic Marine Cooperation II (TFAMC II) Report by Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, Observer for IASCHelsinki, Finland, 14-15 September, 2017The Arctic Council (AC) is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic region. Marine issues are high on[…]
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Arctic News
- Storm warning for Iceland's South C... Storm warning for Iceland's South Coast A storm is expected along the South Coast of Iceland tonight with sharp gusts of wind in South West Iceland. A great amount of rain is expected in the area[…]
- Continuous rain predicted for the next f... Continuous rain predicted for the next few days The Iceland Met Office predicts a lot of wet weather in upcoming days. The upside is that temperatures are still fairly warm for the autumn season.
- International Arctic School presented at... International Arctic School presented at SDWG meeting The first Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) meeting under Finnish Chairmanship was held in Inari on September 21-22. The meeting reviewed SDWG Work Plan for 2017-2019, project proposals,[…]
- Former PM Sigmundur Davíð Gun... Former PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson to form new party before the elections Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, MP for the Progressive Party in Iceland and former PM, involved in the Panama Papers scandal last year, has left the party and is working on forming[…]
- Iceland "steals" Norway's... Iceland "steals" Norway's Northern Lights for a MasterCard ad Norwegian media have noted that a huge ad at Iceland's domestic airport saying welcome to Iceland actually features a photograph of Northern Lights in a Norwegian fjord.
- Tourist risks her life for a selfie at G... Tourist risks her life for a selfie at Gullfoss waterfall in Iceland A tourist put herself in enormous danger in the rocks at Gullfoss waterfall in South Iceland for the purpose of a photograph.
- Iceland's chef of the year is Hafst... Iceland's chef of the year is Hafsteinn Ólafsson Hafsteinn Ólafsson, chef at Sumac Grill & Drinks in Reykjavik, has won chef of the year award 2017 in Iceland after battling it out in an exciting contest at Harpa[…]
- Northern Forum attends Arctic Energy Sum... Northern Forum attends Arctic Energy Summit in Helsinki The 4th Arctic Energy Summit took place in Helsinki on September 18-20. The Summit is an endorsed project of the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group. This year the Summit[…]
- Fish from China sold under “Icelan... Fish from China sold under “Icelandic Seafood” brand According to Vísir.is, a lot of fish sold under the Icelandic Seafood brand name is not Icelandic. Some of the products, like tilapia, come from China. The company, Icelandic, which[…]
- Former president of United Silicon accus... Former president of United Silicon accused of embezzling up to 500 million ISK Magnús Ólafur Garðarsson, founder and former president of United Silicon, a silicon production plant in Iceland, has been charged with embezzlement. It’s believed that while working for the company, and[…]
Latest Publications
- page21.eu plolicy paper page21.eu plolicy paper Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang and Boike, Julia and Lantuit, Hugues and Kais, Leenapage21.eu plolicy paper.[Project]
- Cryogenic Displacement and Accumulation ... Cryogenic Displacement and Accumulation of Biogenic Methane in Frozen Soils Kraev, Gleb and Schulze, Ernst-Detlef and Yurova, Alla and Kholodov, Alexander and Chuvilin, Evgeny and Rivkina, Elizaveta(2017) Cryogenic Displacement and Accumulation of Biogenic Methane in Frozen Soils.Atmosphere 2017.
- State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity ... State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report: Key Findings and Advice for Monitoring Unspecified(2017) State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report: Key Findings and Advice for Monitoring.Technical Report. The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna.
- AMAP, 2017. Adaptation Actions for a Cha... AMAP, 2017. Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) - Baffin Bay / Davis Strait Region Overview report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. 24 pp UnspecifiedAMAP, 2017. Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) - Baffin Bay / Davis Strait Region Overview report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. 24 pp.[Project]
- AMAP, 2017. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafr... AMAP, 2017. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost. Summary for Policy-makers. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. 20 pp UnspecifiedAMAP, 2017. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost. Summary for Policy-makers. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. 20 pp.[Project]
- AMAP, 2017. Chemicals of Emerging Arctic... AMAP, 2017. Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern. Summary for Policy-makers. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. 16 pp UnspecifiedAMAP, 2017. Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern. Summary for Policy-makers. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. 16 pp.[Project]
- Отчет Секретариата Се... Отчет Секретариата Северного Форума об итогах визита делегации Королевства Норвегия UnspecifiedОтчет Секретариата Северного Форума об итогах визита делегации Королевства Норвегия.[Legal Documents]
- Partial submission of Canada to the Comm... Partial submission of Canada to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf regarding its continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean. UnspecifiedPartial submission of Canada to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf regarding its continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean.[Legal Documents]
- The Circle 01.16 The Circle 01.16 Unspecified, ed.(2016) The Circle 01.16.WWF.
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