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The Centre for Arctic Policy Studies at the University of Iceland (CAPS) is organizing a high-level seminar on Arctic issues, scheduled to take place in Reykjavik, Iceland on 29 October 2014.
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There are two weeks left before the opening reception of the second Assembly of the Arctic Circle, which will be held October 31 – November 2 in Reykjavík, Iceland. An updated version of the full program is now available here.
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The most recent research shows that the thaw of the Greenlandic ice cap is being slowed down by a subglacial plumbing system.
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The second international Polar Climate and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium will take place in Torun, Poland 24 – 26 of August 2015.
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Since the Stockholm Convention came into effect in 2004, banning persistent organic pollutants, the concentration of these pollutants has declined by up to 90%.
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Sweden is the first of the eight Arctic states and long members of European Union to officially recognize the state of Palestine.
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The annual Arctic Futures Symposium will take place in Brussels, Belgium at the Residence Palace conference centre in European District of the city. The conference will take place on Tuesday 14th of October and Wednesday, 15th of October.
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The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is APECS is excited to announce that another leadership term has begun on 1 October 2014!
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Arctic Portal will promote the participation of young researchers, students, PhD students, future generation of experts on the Arctic, into the debate on Arctic issues.
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The School of Law, University of Dundee, UK and the K. G. JebsenCentre for the Law of the Sea, University of Tromsø, Norway arepleased to announce the call for papers for "The European Union and the Arctic"(2015 EU-Arctic Conference).
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The two-days Energy Law Conference -The legal issues associated with the development and use of Arctic energy resources- just started this morning (25th September 2014) at the University of Tromsø, Faculty of Law (Norway).
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The Arctic's sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 17, 2014. Sea ice extent on that day was measured at 5.02 million square kilometers (1.94 million square miles). It was the sixth-lowest extent recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice in 1979. The number is above the 2012 record extent but is still below the long-term average.