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Rapid change in polar regions necessitates global response
GENEVA 15 MAY, 2017 - A concerted international campaign to improve predictions of weather, climate and ice conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic has been launched to minimize the environmental risks and maximize the opportunities associated with rapid climate change in polar regions and to close the current gaps in polar forecasting capacity.
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A new report „The State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report“ (SAMBR) has been released by the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council.
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Tomorrow, May 11, the United States will host the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year U.S. Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic. The Arctic States will be joined by delegations from the Council's indigenous Permanent Participant organizations and observers. At the conclusion of the meeting, the U.S. will transfer the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Finland.
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Fairbanks and Anchorage, are celebrating the Week of the Arctic, sharing stories and best practices, and cultivating relationships that will last well into future chairmanships of the Arctic Council.
The 2-year U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2015–2017) has been an exciting time for Alaska to be at the forefront of American foreign policy. Representatives from more than 15 nations have met in Alaska thus far, including a U.S. Presidential visit in August 2015. The Alaska Arctic Council Host Committee has coordinated a wide variety of activities that elevate Alaskan perspectives and priorities during this time.
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Priorities for Big Biodiversity Data:
The need for field-based species and ecosystem monitoring to complement satellite-based remote sensing
All registrants will receive a link to the recording - so please register even if you cannot attend the live event.
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The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) announces therelease of new scientific assessments for climate change in the Arctic,adaptation to Arctic change, and chemicals of emerging Arctic concern.
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The 8th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling, Data Assimilation and Verification is going to take place 1-3 November 2017 in Bergen.A joint workshop between the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), the World Weather ResearchProgramme (WWRP) Polar Prediction Project (PPP), WWRP Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research (JWGFVR) and GODAE Oceanview (GOV)1-3 November 2017 at the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center(NERSC), Bergen, Norway.
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The Final Report of the 11th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016) in Potsdam is delivered and available now in the Arctic portal library.
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Technip, Yamal LNG, Gazprom Neft, Shell will deliver presentations at the 6th Yamal Oil and Gas Forum in Russia in June, 2017
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The Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics,UiT The Arctic University of Norwayin cooperation with theAssociation of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) announces a vacant position for a Project Manager to manage the activities of APPLICATE andINTERACT projects.
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The first winter navigation season 2016 - 2017 of a brand-new diesel-electric icebreaker "Novorossiysk" is completed. The icebreaker held more than fifty voyages in the White Sea during this season.
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Three PhD positions are available within the interdisciplinary project "Arctic Climate Across Scales (ACAS)", a collaboration between the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) and the Department of Meteorology (MISU), funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.