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New 3-D topographic maps of Alaska were recently released to help with better decision-making in the US Arctic state, according to The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency website.
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From September 5-9, 2016, activities during the upcoming Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) will be planned in Reading, UK. A web stream will be available from Monday 12:00 pm (GMT+1) to follow the two meetings online throughout the week, according to the Polar Prediction Project (PPP) web-site.
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Two significant earthquakes recently occurred in the north-east part of Katla, one of the largest and themost active volcanoes in Iceland, according to the Icelandic Met Office.
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Washington, DC, August 22nd, 2016 – In tandem with the first ever White House Arctic Science Ministerial scheduled to take place September 28th, several leading nonprofit organizations will host an expert forum to discuss how Arctic research can be used to empower Northerners who are living on the front lines of climate change, as well as ways to encourage young people to pursue careers in the ever increasingly important fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
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On Tuesday August 23rd from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Alaska Daylight Time (UTC-8), the Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) will host a webinar talk about uncertainty in sea ice estimates with Walt Meir from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the US.
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On Tuesday August 16th, an estimated 1,700 passengers and crew set sail from Alaska on a luxury cruise ship to take part in a journey across the Northwest Passage bound for New York. It is the first time that such a large luxury cruise ship is sailing through the maritime route at the northern end of North America.
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At temperatures across the Arctic warm, thawing permafrost has the potential to release the powerful greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere (thus promoting further climate warming). Thawing permafrost is also damaging infrastructure such as roads and buildings constructed on top of it.
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During a meeting of the forum’s regional coordinators held in Anchorage between the 25th and 27th of July, 2016, Governor Bill Walker of the US State of Alaska signed an agreement with the Northern Forum, once again making the state a member of the international organisation. Governor Walker and Yuri Zakharinsky, Chairman of the Northern Forum's Regional Coordinators Committee, signed the official agreement at a ceremony during the meeting.
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Parts of the Arctic saw some very unusal extreme temperatures during the 2015-16 boreal winter, according to observations made by researchers at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
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During its 9th meeting on 6-8 July 2016, the Arctic Council’s Task Force for Enhancing Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic (SCTF) reached a legally binding agreement on enhancing scientific cooperation.
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From July 13th - 14th, Barrow, Alaska hosted the first "Top of the World Arctic Broadband Summit" aimed at discussing finding solutions for establishing pan-Arctic broadband Internet access.
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The Obama Administration recently issued its first Arctic-specific regulations governing any new oil exploration in US Arctic waters in the Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas off the coast of Alaska. The new rules apply specifically to exploratory drilling operations from floating vessels.