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Computer giant Google has launched a project to preserve over 3000 dying languages. The Endangered Languages Project is backed by a coalition of international scholars and linguists.
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Environmental activists Greenpeace have launched a campaign aimed to "save the Arctic. "Greenpeace is campaigning for the United Nations to declare the Arctic ocean a sanctuary, much like the Antarctic.
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Debates on a new agreement in the Rio+20 conference continue. Negotiators have agreed a text to be approved this week "to put society on a more sustainable path".
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The University of Akureyri has advertised a new guest professor position according a memorandum of understanding signed last year.
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The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio 2012 or Rio+20, will start next week.
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Iceland supports China in its effort to become a permanent observer in the Arctic Council. Norway opposes.
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The Faroe Islands are certainly small, but their force is growing. They have big ideas for the future, contrasting the few number of 50.000 inhabitants, both regarding oil and shipping.
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Arctic Portal has been formally accepted as a member of the University of the Arctic. This was confirmed today at the 15th UArctic Council meeting in Tromsö, Norway.
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Great melt will occur this year in Europe's largest glacier, Vatnajökull in Iceland. This is the result of an expedition by Icelandic scientist recently.
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The Arctic sea ice melting season is in full force and the ice edge in May was below average. The ice edge reached near average in late April but the melt happened rapidly in May.
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The Department of Geography at the University of Oulu in Finland is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Research Fellow for the next five years.
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Students from all over the world are competing to change the world, with computer games. The Microsoft Imagine Cup finals will be held later this summer in Australia where students tackle the theme "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems."