News & Press Releases
6 July 2015
Since its inauguration in 2009, the bi-annual 3P (Polar Petroleum Potential) Arctic event has focused on the geological history and exploration potential of the Circum-Arctic basins.
2 July 2015
The Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC), a committee of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) seeks nominations for several new members willing to serve the Arctic scientific community in meeting these needs over a three-year term, starting in the fall of 2015.
30 June 2015
Tomorrow, July 1st 2015, will be the deadline for submitting abstracts for the Polar Data Forum II, that will be held on October 27 - 29, 2015 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
29 June 2015
OSPAR has released the following press release after the Commission meeting in in Oostende (Belgium), last 26 June.
26 June 2015
Arctic Portal has now launched the new website for the International Permafrost Association (IPA).
26 June 2015
Evenk are an indigenous community in the republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Russia's far east. As described by "The Red Book of the People of Russia" "the Evenks inhabit a huge territory of the Siberian taiga from the River Ob in the west to the Okhotsk Sea in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north, to Manchuria and Sakhalin in the south".
25 June 2015
The 2015 Sea Ice Outlook June Report is now available online. This June Outlook report was developed by lead authors, Cecilia Bitz (UW), Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth (UW), and Jim Overland (NOAA), with contributions from the rest of the SIPN leadership team, and with a section analyzing the model contributions by François Massonnet, Université catholique de Louvain and Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences.
23 June 2015
Today we share the letter by the UArctic's President, Lars Kullerud, on the foremost importance to maintain cooperation and keep an open dialogue in Arctic.
22 June 2015
Wednesday 24th of June 2015, the European Commission will host in Reykjavik the third stakeholder workshop on further development of the EU's Arctic policy.
19 June 2015
Today, 19th of June 2015, Iceland celebrates the 100th anniversary of women’ rights to vote, accorded to women over the age of 40 in 1915 (at this time men were allowed to vote by the age of 25).
18 June 2015
The 9th I.A.G./A.I.G. SEDIBUD (Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments) Workshop Sediment Dynamics in Cold Climate Environments, will be held in Kaunertal, Tyrol/Austria, September 7-10, 2015
16 June 2015
Since the Obama Administration approved Shell's exploration plan for the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, in May 2015, protests against the Dutch company and the US government haven't stopped.
15 June 2015
It is now open the first Call-For-Abstracts for the session "Applications of Near Surface Geophysics in Periglacial Regions" at the AGU Fall Meeting 2015 in San Francisco (CA), which it will take place on December 14-18, 2015.
12 June 2015
For immediate release
June 8, 2015
St. Andrews, NB — The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is very disappointed over the failure of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) to limit Greenland's salmon harvest to sustainable levels, during negotiations to set regulatory measures at meetings that took place June 2 to 5 in Goose Bay, Labrador.
11 June 2015
Governments, scientists, and society are increasingly recognizing the importance of data and proper data management.
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