News & Press Releases
2 August 2017
There are 24 different indigenous peoples that base their lives on herding domesticated reindeer today. These nomadic reindeer herders live across the entire circumpolar Arctic and Sub-Arctic region, including areas in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia, China, Mongolia, US/
1 August 2017
One of the main themes at the 2016 Arctic Science Ministerial was Strengthening and Integrating Arctic Observations and Data Sharing. The ministers committed to the “shared development of a science-driven, integrated Arctic-observing system” and saw “a critical role for the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) initiative”.
25 July 2017
The July report for the 2017 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) is now available. The SIO is an activity of the Sea Ice Prediction Network project (SIPN) as a contribution to the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH). The goal of the SIO is to improve Arctic sea ice prediction on seasonal time-scales.
21 July 2017
The Marshall Memorial Fellowship empowers emerging leaders from business, government, and civil society for transatlantic engagement and cooperation. Using a method perfected over more than 30 years of implementation, the Marshall Memorial Fellowship provides an intense learning and networking experience of benefit to those working on issues of shared concern for communities on both sides of the Atlantic.
21 July 2017
The research vessel and icebraker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, set sail from Shanghai on the morning of 20th July to carry out scientific mission in the Arctic.
20 July 2017
A new study has been published by members of the APPLICATE consortium in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences in which methods from numerical weather prediction are employed to understand how the Arctic influences weather and climate in mid-latitudes.
18 July 2017
The 3rd Korean Arctic Academy took place from the 5th til the 15th of July. The Academy is hosted by Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, co-organized by Korea Maritime Insitute ( KMI ), Korea Polar Research Institute ( KOPRI ) and the University of the Arctic and mostly held at KMI in Busan.
15 July 2017
With the successful operations of CNARC fellowship program for the past three years, CNARC Secretariat is about to launch its Fellowship Program for Year 2017 - 2018. In this new round of application, fellowships shall be granted to 2 Nordic and 2 Chinese fellow candidates respectively, to advance their own research project that falls on CNARC’s research priorities or the themes of the 6th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium (CNACS) to be hosted by Norwegian Polar Institute and Fridtjof Nansen Institute in collaboration with UiT The Arctic University of Norway in 2018, for a 1-2 month period in an institute within CNARC’s network. You are highly welcome to apply for this opportunity of academic exchanges.
6 July 2017
From June 29 to July 2, 2017 a meeting of the Northern Forum Regional Coordinators Committee was held in Khanty-Mansiysk. The meeting brought together coordinators and representatives of the Northern Forum member regions, potential member regions, experts, the Northern Forum project participants, chairs and members of working groups of the organization. Representatives of such regions as Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Akureyri, Lapland, Alaska, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Primorsky Krai and Arkhangelsk Oblast attended the event.
4 July 2017
For all the publicity over discoveries of “pizzly” bear hybrids, new research suggests polar bears’ genetic purity isn’t threatened by crossbreeding with grizzlies. But that doesn’t mean polar bears aren’t in trouble.
23 June 2017
China has proposed three marine economic passages connecting Asia with Africa, Oceania, Europe and beyond in a bid to advance maritime cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
23 June 2017
Ahead of the 15th annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance summit (Rome, Italy; 26-28 September), Defence IQ just released this annual report exploring the latest acquisitions, requirements and holdings of maritime patrol aircraft across international forces. View it here or get a copy sent to your inbox here.
23 June 2017
1. Virtual Meeting of the Permafrost Carbon Network:
On June 13, we held a virtual meeting with synthesis leads to discuss updates on syntheses, emerging ideas and upcoming events. A lot of good progress has happened since AGU amongst other things with the following syntheses: 1) Expert assessment on subsea permafrost (also see item #6 below), 2) Thermokarst related syntheses, 3) PCN Hydrology MIP, 4) PCN 14C synthesis, 5) Vegetation Permafrost Syntheses, 6) Methane syntheses (also see item #7 below), 7) Non-growing season CO2 emissions, 8) Empirical bottom-up approach for methane fluxes, and 9) Deep Yedoma permafrost synthesis. We have posted the slide updates on our shared Google Drive. You can view the slides under this link.
21 June 2017
The Arctic is a region of international dialogue and potential competition, of varied challenges and diverse opportunities. It is also a region that is gaining in both geopolitical significance and public awareness every day. The complex relationship between the United States and Russia, along with the approaches of the six other Arctic nations, will continue to shape the region’s social, economic, political and environmental issues far into the future.
19 June 2017
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