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Arctic Community
- A Finnish Pilot Flew the F-35 for the Firs... A Finnish Pilot Flew the F-35 for the First Time A Finnish Air Force pilot flew the F-35 fighter jet for the first time at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Arkansas. About 20 Finnish pilots will train in the United States, with full operational capability planned by the end of 2030.
- Join SOOS Regional Working Groups as an Ea... Join SOOS Regional Working Groups as an Early Career Scientist The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) are looking for an early career scientist to join the leadership teams of the following regional working groups (RWG) : Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sector (ABS) RWG Ross Sea RWG[…]
- Educational Mission of the Northern Forum:... Educational Mission of the Northern Forum: Zvezda All-Terrain Vehicle Turns into a Mobile North-Arctic Lecture Hall for Schoolchildren for 2 Hours
- Norwegian Goliat Oil Field's Extended... Norwegian Goliat Oil Field's Extended Life Vår Energi submits a revised development plan to extend the Goliat field's life by ten years to around 2050, adding 112 million barrels of reserves and enabling gas exports via Hammerfest LNG.
- Mobile North-Arctic Lecture Hall Arrives i... Mobile North-Arctic Lecture Hall Arrives in Yakutsk: Over 8,300 Kilometers Across Arctic Off-Road Today, April 15, 2026, the mobile expedition of the North-Arctic Lecture Hall (PESAL), organized by ZVEZDA LLC, arrived in Yakutsk. An official meeting of the expedition participants with representatives of the scientific and educational community and government officials of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) took[…]
- The Northern Forum held a meeting with a C... The Northern Forum held a meeting with a Chinese company On April 14, a meeting took place between the Secretariat of the Northern Forum and representatives of Heilongjiang Transportation Investment International Supply Chain Co. Ltd.
- Icelanders Are Increasingly Less Supportiv... Icelanders Are Increasingly Less Supportive of Joining the EU According to a Gallup poll, 54% of those who took a position are opposed to Iceland joining the European Union. This opposition is growing from survey to survey.
- Searching for 13 Billion Barrels of Oil in... Searching for 13 Billion Barrels of Oil in East Greenland Texas-based Greenland Energy Company hopes to find 13 billion barrels of oil in Jameson Land this summer, but geologists estimate the odds are slim, and an existing oil ban adds further legal uncertainty.
- APECS-ECOP Italy booth at the Arctic Circl... APECS-ECOP Italy booth at the Arctic Circle Rome Forum APECS Italy and ECOP Italy, the Italian nodes of ECOP and APECS, joined forces at the Arctic Circle Rome Forum - Polar Dialogue (3-4 March 2026) with a joint booth dedicated to early-career polar and ocean professionals. Through conversations, networking and outreach materials, the initiative[…]
- Arctic security and Nordic co-operation in... Arctic security and Nordic co-operation in times of geopolitical instability Eda Ayaydin, researcher at MIARC, will deliver the keynote address at the event “Arctic Security and Nordic Cooperation in Times of Geopolitical Instability” on 15 April at Sciences Po Paris. The roundtable will focus on geopolitical and societal factors shaping the security situation in the[…]
- Launch of 2025 report on gender equality i... Launch of 2025 report on gender equality in scientific organizations has been launched today A new global report on gender equality in scientific organizations has been launched by the International Science Council (ISC), the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES). The study draws on 2025 institutional surveys of national academies and international[…]
- UArctic and the Arctic Circle welcome nomi... UArctic and the Arctic Circle welcome nominations for the 2026 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award UArctic and the Arctic Circle welcome nominations for the 2026 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award. The Award aims to further the development of new ideas that could contribute materially to preventing, mitigating, adapting, and reversing the effects of climate change in the Arctic. 100,000[…]
Shipping
- Iran Closes Strait Of Hormuz Yet Again After U.S Continue... Iran Closes Strait Of Hormuz Yet Again After U.S Continues To Block Its Port Facilities Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that the status of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its ‘previous state’ because the U.S continues to block Iranian ports.
- U.S Navy Personnel Deployed On Warships In Middle East Re... U.S Navy Personnel Deployed On Warships In Middle East Report Stark Food Shortages U.S Navy personnel deployed on warships in the Middle East are facing extreme food shortages.
- US-Flagged Cargo Ship Goes Missing With Six Crew After En... US-Flagged Cargo Ship Goes Missing With Six Crew After Engine Failure Near Saipan The 145-foot dry cargo vessel reported a disabled starboard engine while operating about 140 nautical miles north-northwest of Saipan.
- Malta-Flagged Cruise Ship Becomes First To Transit Strait... Malta-Flagged Cruise Ship Becomes First To Transit Strait Of Hormuz After 47-Day Standstill The ship is currently sailing towards Muscat, Oman, with arrival expected on 18 April. Per reports, the vessel is operating without passengers.
- Turkish Captain Hospitalised After Ukrainian Drone Attack... Turkish Captain Hospitalised After Ukrainian Drone Attack On Oil Tanker Off Black Sea A Turkish Captain was badly injured and was hospitalized after a Ukrainian drone attack targeted his oil tanker off the Black Sea.
- Surge In Fraudulent Job Rackets Exposes Aspiring Indian S... Surge In Fraudulent Job Rackets Exposes Aspiring Indian Seafarers To Financial Losses And Career Uncertainty The number of active Indian seafarers is estimated to be between 2.85 lakh and 3 lakh, with nearly 80 percent working on foreign ships.
- China Tests Deep-Sea Cutting System For Cables And Pipeli... China Tests Deep-Sea Cutting System For Cables And Pipelines At Depths Of Up To 3,500 Metres The test was carried out during a 2026 expedition by a research vessel, under the supervision of the country’s Ministry of Natural Resources.
- IMO Approves First International Guidelines To Deter Mari... IMO Approves First International Guidelines To Deter Maritime Fraud And Flag Misuse The guidelines help to close a key regulatory gap for the maritime industry, given there is currently no binding international framework to regulate the registration of ships.
- U.S. Navy Shares Audio Of Sailor Diverting Merchant Ship ... U.S. Navy Shares Audio Of Sailor Diverting Merchant Ship In Gulf Of Oman While Enforcing Blockade The audio includes communication between US sailors and the vessel, with the crew responding and following instructions.
- Iranian Military Adviser Threatens To Sink U.S Ships In S... Iranian Military Adviser Threatens To Sink U.S Ships In Strait Of Hormuz Rezaei said American ships “could be sunk by the first missiles” and added that they are exposed to Iranian military capabilities.
Climate Change
- Europe's road transport needs to shift gears towards... Europe's road transport needs to shift gears towards sustainability Growing transport volumes have been driving Europe’s road transport emissions up in the past two decades. A European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis, published today, shows how total greenhouse gas emissions from both passenger cars and heavy goods vehicles have increased in Europe, despite better engine efficiency and use of biofuels.
- The looming threat for Maine’s iconic potato industry The looming threat for Maine’s iconic potato industry By Lori Valigra (Bangor Daily News) and Caitlin Looby (Climate Central) with Jen Brady (Climate Central) contributing to data reporting Maire Lenihan coaxes organic Keuka Gold potatoes into a washing machine at Goranson Farm in Dresden on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN Maine farmer Ryan Guerrette irrigated his 1,200 acres of potatoes in Caribou more often in the past few years, when[…]
- Ellis Island, lighthouses among historic NJ sites floodin... Ellis Island, lighthouses among historic NJ sites flooding as seas rise By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central ) and Andrew S. Lewis and Michael Sol Warren (NJ Spotlight News), with television segment by Brenda Flanagan (NJ Spotlight News) Read the Climate Central report, Future Flood Risk: Historic Sites in NJ. The Garden State’s history is starting to wash away. New Jersey as it exists today was built up over hundreds of years from the arrival[…]
- Still rare in Iowa, electric car powers Des Moines family... Still rare in Iowa, electric car powers Des Moines family’s home during blackouts By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central) and Amber Alexander (NBC WHO 13 Des Moines) Kerri Johannsen was less than a week from giving birth to her second child when a derecho wielding winds up to 100 mph swept through Iowa. Johannsen’s power went out for four days. “It was hot,” she said. “We were just trying to manage.” The Des Moines[…]
- Storied Maine ski resort bets future on reining in high c... Storied Maine ski resort bets future on reining in high costs of warmer winters By Lori Valigra and Elizabeth Miller A skier jumps into the air in front of a large snow-making machine at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Modern advances in snow-making technology are helping Maine ski areas stay open despite the warming climate. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN BRIDGTON, Maine — Billy Dolliver’s blue eyes twinkled at the mountain[…]
- Emissions from road traffic and domestic heating behind b... Emissions from road traffic and domestic heating behind breaches of EU air quality standards across Europe Breaches of EU air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide across Europe were predominantly due to road traffic, while domestic heating lay behind the majority of exceedances for particulate matter, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment on air quality plans published today.
- Hardly any past Winter Olympic host cities will have the ... Hardly any past Winter Olympic host cities will have the snow to host in 60 years By Clarisa Diaz and Elizabeth Miller Rain, wet snow, and shallow snow are all expected to increase at former Olympic venues over the coming decades, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Waterloo. It projects that nearly all prior host cities for the Olympics will see weather conditions that make it difficult to hold outdoor winter sports competitions. The[…]
- Circular business models and smarter design can reduce en... Circular business models and smarter design can reduce environment and climate impacts from textiles Textile consumption in Europe has on average the fourth highest impacts on the environment and climate, following consumption of food, housing and mobility. Ahead of the expected European Union (EU) strategy for sustainable and circular textiles, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published today two briefings that look at measures to reduce those impacts, including on resource use, greenhouse gas emissions[…]
- Europe's environmental taxes in decline, despite pot... Europe's environmental taxes in decline, despite potentially crucial role The European Green Deal acknowledges the crucial role of taxation in Europe’s sustainability transition. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, shows that revenues from environmental taxes can support transition investments but future revenue streams from these taxes will erode as European Union (EU) environmental and climate policy objectives are achieved. The relative share of environmental taxes to[…]
- Economic losses from weather and climate-related extremes... Economic losses from weather and climate-related extremes in Europe reached around half a trillion euros over past 40 years Extreme weather events like storms, heatwaves and flooding accounted for economic losses of around half a trillion euros over the past 40 years and led to between 85 000 and 145 000 human fatalities across Europe. Less than one-third of these losses were insured, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis of economic losses and fatalities from weather and[…]
Science
- Podcast: The future of quantum computing Podcast: The future of quantum computing The future of quantum information science and engineering promises computers with unprecedented speed and capabilities. Mikhail Lukin, an NSF-supported professor, discusses his work...
- NSF announces 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program a... NSF announces 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program award offers The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced that it has made offers and will award 2,500 Graduate Research Fellowships for the 2026-2027 academic year...
- Podcast: AI-powered labs accelerating scientific discovery Podcast: AI-powered labs accelerating scientific discovery U.S. National Science Foundation-supported engineers are developing a bold new vision for chemical and materials discovery. Milad Abolhasani, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University…
- NSF initiative aims to make every American worker, busine... NSF initiative aims to make every American worker, business and community AI-ready The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity as part of an effort to enable all Americans to understand, apply and create with artificial intelligence. The NSF TechAccess: AI-Ready America (NSF AI-Ready America) initiative…
- NSF announces winners of the U.S. critical minerals chall... NSF announces winners of the U.S. critical minerals challenge to secure key domestic supply chain The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) announced eight winners of the Tech Metal Transformation Challenge launched by STRIDE Ventures...
- NSF invests $11M to expand AI professional development fo... NSF invests $11M to expand AI professional development for K-12 teachers nationwide The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced an $11 million award to the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) in furtherance of the executive order on "Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth." The award will…
- NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory launches real-time disc... NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory launches real-time discovery machine for monitoring the night sky The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, has released its first alerts documenting astronomical events spotted by the observatory. NSF-DOE…
- NSF to proceed with demolition and site restoration at Sa... NSF to proceed with demolition and site restoration at Sacramento Peak Observatory The U.S. National Science Foundation announced today it will proceed with demolition and site restoration at the Sacramento Peak Observatory, also known as Sunspot Solar Observatory, in Sunspot, New Mexico, following years of reduced operations and…
- NSF launches $100M National Quantum and Nanotechnology Re... NSF launches $100M National Quantum and Nanotechnology Research Infrastructure program The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing up to $100 million to establish a nationwide network of open-access research facilities for quantum and nanoscale technologies, innovation, and workforce training. Through the new NSF National Quantum…
- Transitioning NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center operations Transitioning NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center operations The U.S. National Science Foundation has informed the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) that management and operations of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center are expected to transition to a third-party operator consistent with…
Politics & Society
- Educational Mission of the Northern Forum: Zvezda All-Ter... Educational Mission of the Northern Forum: Zvezda All-Terrain Vehicle Turns into a Mobile North-Arctic Lecture Hall for Schoolchildren for 2 Hours
- Mobile North-Arctic Lecture Hall Arrives in Yakutsk: Over... Mobile North-Arctic Lecture Hall Arrives in Yakutsk: Over 8,300 Kilometers Across Arctic Off-Road Today, April 15, 2026, the mobile expedition of the North-Arctic Lecture Hall (PESAL), organized by ZVEZDA LLC, arrived in Yakutsk. An official meeting of the expedition participants with representatives of the scientific and educational community and government officials of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) took place at North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov (NEFU).
- The Northern Forum held a meeting with a Chinese company The Northern Forum held a meeting with a Chinese company On April 14, a meeting took place between the Secretariat of the Northern Forum and representatives of Heilongjiang Transportation Investment International Supply Chain Co. Ltd.
- Lecture Event in Saskylakh Lecture Event in Saskylakh On April 7, a lecture event organised by the PESAL expedition team took place in Saskylakh.
- PESAL Expedition — The Great Crossing to Anabar PESAL Expedition — The Great Crossing to Anabar On April 6, the PESAL expedition completed a major leg of its journey, reaching Yuryung-Khaya in the Anabar District. The team was warmly welcomed by the local administration — yet another meaningful stop along the route through the Arctic expanses of Yakutia.
- PESAL Expedition in Taimyr PESAL Expedition in Taimyr The journey to Taimyr began on March 28 in Norilsk, where the team held a four-day lecture series. Over the course of four days, expedition members met with local residents, shared their experience of Arctic travel, and presented the capabilities of the Zvezda amphibious all-terrain vehicles in Far North conditions.
- Northern Forum and Obruchev Foundation Discuss Historical... Northern Forum and Obruchev Foundation Discuss Historical and Geological Expedition Tracing the Footsteps of the Obruchevs A meeting took place in Yakutsk between Daryana Maksimova, Deputy Executive Director of the Northern Forum, and representatives of the Obruchev Foundation: Tatyana Sergeevna Obrucheva, Head of the Foundation and lecturer at St. Petersburg Mining University, and Ekaterina Klavdievna Abrosimova, geologist at the Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI) and representative of the Obruchev Foundation.
- Executive Director of the Northern Forum Holds Online Mee... Executive Director of the Northern Forum Holds Online Meeting with Business Partner from Canada March 31, 2026, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasiliev, Executive Director of the Northern Forum, held an online meeting with Tatiana Domilovskaya, Managing Partner of Knowlex International from Vancouver, Canada, who is a business partner of the Northern Forum.
- Northern Forum Teenage Climate Ambassador elected Northern Forum Teenage Climate Ambassador elected On April 28, the Final of the annual international competition "Teenage Climate Ambassador of the Northern Forum" was held among students of schools-members of Schools Association of the Northern Forum
- Vladimir Vasilev spoke in an interview about results of t... Vladimir Vasilev spoke in an interview about results of the Northern Forum events in India Vladimir Vasilev, Executive Director of the Northern Forum told Yakutia 24 TV channel about the results of the Northern Forum events in India, and future plans in program “Aktualnoe interview”.
Resources
- Invitation presentation of Boliden's Q1 2026 report Invitation presentation of Boliden's Q1 2026 report Boliden will announce its Interim Report for the first quarter 2026 on Tuesday April 28 at 07:30 (CEST). A press and analyst conference will be held…
- Write-down of assets in Garpenberg Write-down of assets in Garpenberg As previously communicated, the abnormal seismic activity at the Garpenberg mine in March caused major damage. Mining positions in the Garpenberg…
- Consequences of abnormal seismic activity at the Garpenbe... Consequences of abnormal seismic activity at the Garpenberg mine The abnormally high seismic activity in Garpenberg has decreased and mining production at low levels will commence in the second quarter. The first…
- Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Boliden AB (p... Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Boliden AB (publ) The shareholders of Boliden AB (publ) (company registration number 556051-4142) are summoned to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on…
- Boliden's capital market update: Future-focused inve... Boliden's capital market update: Future-focused investments in Garpenberg and Rönnskär Boliden has decided to invest in a new hoist system at Garpenberg and an industrial demonstration plant for the production of supplementary…
- Update regarding stopped production at the Garpenberg mine Update regarding stopped production at the Garpenberg mine In connection with the increase in seismic activity to abnormal levels in the Garpenberg mine on Saturday evening, March 14, the mine was evacuated…
- Information concerning events in the Garpenberg mine Information concerning events in the Garpenberg mine Press release StockholmMarch 16, 2026 On Saturday morning, March 14, a rock fall occurred at a depth of just over 1,100 meters in the…
- Boliden publishes Annual and Sustainability Report 2025 Boliden publishes Annual and Sustainability Report 2025 Boliden's Annual and Sustainability Report 2025 is now available at www.boliden.com. It highlights how Boliden creates value and covers topics…
- Call for change negotiations at Boliden Kevitsa Call for change negotiations at Boliden Kevitsa Due to the quadrupling of mining tax in Finland, Boliden Kevitsa has called for change negotiations to prepare to adopt the operations. All in all…
- Invitation Boliden's Virtual Capital Markets Update Invitation Boliden's Virtual Capital Markets Update Boliden is pleased to invite investors, analysts and financial media to our virtual Capital Markets Update on March 18, 2026 at 09:30-11:30 CET…
