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New NORA funded project called Pro-Active Diving is aiming to develop a niche eco-tourism market in the NORA Region (Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands) in which divers can help scientists monitor the marine environment
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Editors Emma Vestrheim and Luis R. Antunes from The Norwegian University of Science and Technology are pleased to announce the preparation of a book to be entitled A Companion to Arctic Cinema (under contract with Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2018). The book is going to be a collection of original essays that provide a comprehensive overview of the films made in the Arctic regions of the globe.
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According to the a new study published recently in the journal Nature, the planet could see 55 billion tons of carbon (which converts to 200 billion tons of carbon dioxide) released from warming soils by the year 2050.
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The capital of the EU received a visit from a wide range of Arctic stakeholders last week during the 7th annual Arctic Futures Symposium, which was held on November 30th at the Diamant Conference Centre in Brussels, Belgium.
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After billionaire tycoon Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States, experts and policy makers in the Arctic began speculating about the implications of his upcoming presidency for the Arctic, as Mr. Trump didnot say very much about the Arctic during his campaign.
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Using data gained from observations, NASA scientists have created a variety of animations and visualisations - including the first 3-D model of the Greenland Ice Sheet - to better illustrate the changes happening in the Arctic.
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The organizing committee of the 4th biennial 2017 Arctic Energy Summit welcomes abstracts for technical presentations, workshops, or moderated panel discussions.
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The registration for “Yamal Oil and Gas”, the only international conference dedicated to the booming Yamal oil and gas industry, is available now. The conference will take place in Salekhard in Russia from 7 to 9 of June, 2017.
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An article published in the December 2016 edition of the Journal of Environmental Science and Studies focuses on the key role science diplomacy can play in a changing Arctic, in light of the current geopolitical situation.
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A document summarizing the first-ever Arctic Science Ministerial that was held in Washington, DC, at the White House on September 28, 2016, is nowavailable at the Arctic Science Portal.
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An EU-financed project investigating ways to improve weather and climate prediction in the face of a rapidly changing Arctic officially started this month.
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An experimental learning exercise, the Model Arctic Council 2017-2018, organized under the Finnish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2017-2019), will consist of one or two simulations, depending on the level of interest expressed among the member universities of the UArctic, according to UArctic web-site.