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- 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[…]
- Thorsteinn Gunnarsson Appointed New Chai... Thorsteinn Gunnarsson Appointed New Chair for SAON At their meeting this week, AMAP, a working group of the Arctic Council, appointed Thorsteinn Gunnarsson of ‘The Icelandic Centre for Research’ (RANNIS), and IASC Council Member for Iceland, as the new Chair of the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON).A warm welcome[…]
- Extended deadline for #PolarWorld FrostB... Extended deadline for #PolarWorld FrostByte competition
- Fiona Tummon to join the APECS Internati... Fiona Tummon to join the APECS International Directorate as new Project Officer in October APECS is excited to announce that Fiona Tummon will be joining the APECS International Directorate as new Project Officer on 1 October 2017. Fiona will be based at the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of[…]
- Join the APECS Oceania Symposium remotel... Join the APECS Oceania Symposium remotely during Polar Week Polar Week is nearly upon us, as is the first APECS Oceania Symposium "Addressing Future Antarctic Challenges from an Oceania Perspective." This event will be held in Melbourne, Australia from 18-19 September, and a video link is available for those in[…]
- Upcoming APECS-APPLICATE Webinar: Advanc... Upcoming APECS-APPLICATE Webinar: Advanced Prediction in Polar Regions and Beyond APECS-APPLICATE-Webinar: Advanced Prediction in Polar Regions and Beyond28 September 2017 at 15:00 GMTSpeaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Jung (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Germany)Registration LinkIn November 2016, a European consortium of scientists from different disciplines set out to advance[…]
- Polar Prediction School 2018: Applicatio... Polar Prediction School 2018: Application deadline extended until 22 September The EU Horizon 2020-funded APPLICATE project, in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organisation’s Polar Prediction Project (PPP) in occasion of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP), the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and other partners are organising the[…]
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Arctic News
- An old downtown cinema is transformed in... An old downtown cinema is transformed into exhibition for tourists Austurbæjarbíó, or the East Reykjavik cinema on Snorrabraut has now been turned into an exhibition space for "Tales of Iceland," an exhibition on Icelandic history, nature and society.
- Iceland's first all-inclusive fan c... Iceland's first all-inclusive fan convention announced Nexus and Cosplay Iceland have just announced Iceland's first all-inclusive fan convention, Midgard, which will cover video games, books, comics, table top games, board games, cosplay, artists and other subjects.
- Acclaimed Icelandic author dies of cancer Acclaimed Icelandic author dies of cancer Icelandic author and poet Sigurður Pálsson died at the National University Hospital in Reykjavik last night aged 69 after a three-year-long battle with cancer. A great amount of Icelanders are[…]
- Authentic Mexican food at Hlemmur food hall Authentic Mexican food at Hlemmur food hall The food is prepared by Juan Carlos Peregrina Guarneros who conjures up the food that his mother and grandmother taught him to make.
- Restaurant in mouse-incident considers p... Restaurant in mouse-incident considers police investigation Owners of restaurant Fresco are shocked and saddened by the news that a young man found a mouse in a salad purchased there and consumed elsewhere. Fresco are thinking about[…]
- Storm warning for South East Iceland Storm warning for South East Iceland The Iceland Met Office warns of stormy weather with strong gusts of wind in South East Iceland and the East Fjords today accompanied by heavy rain. Some gusts of wind[…]
- 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[…]
- Young woman does a “handstand walk... Young woman does a “handstand walk” around Iceland For the next few days, Margrét Hulda Karlsdóttir, a 27-year-old Icelander is going to do a handstand walk in selected areas around the country. By doing it, she wants to[…]
- Horse naming committee rejects the name ... Horse naming committee rejects the name “Mósan” Recently, the International Federation of Icelandic Horse Association (FEIF) passed a new law stating that Icelandic horses may not be named any name not registered in the WorldFeng database. If[…]
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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