The second Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM2) took place in Berlin, Germany on the 25-26 October 2018. The main goal of the ASM2 is to further co-operation in arctic science, by addressing challenges and creating joint action. For full report click here.
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) conducted research that revealed that plankton—the foundation of the food chains in the Arctic Ocean—are affected by concentrations of oil pollution much lower than previously assumed. For full article click here.
The Arctic Research Centre at Aarhus University published an article in the 2018 issue of Human Ecology - An interdisciplinary journal, the article concerns Socioecological Disequilibrium in the Circumpolar North. For the full article click here.
Jacob Taarup-Esbensen, from Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and member of the steering committee of the Thematic Network Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility, conducted research in the Faroe Islands and attended a Themactic Network meeting in Canada, with the aid from north2north funding.
On 1-2 November 2018, the Arctic Council will gather in Rovaniemi, Finland for the third Senior Arctic Officials’ meeting held during the Chairmanship of Finland (2017-2019).
The University of Lapland hosts The Model Arctic Council (MAC), the event takes place October 29 - November 2. MAC is an academic program in which students from universities throughout the circumpolar north and beyond have the opportunity to get hands on experience with Arctic concerns.
A study published in the renowned scientific journal Nature Climate Change, researchers from the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Environment Institute analysed how projected changes in temperature and snow cover duration will affect the risk for extinction in northern flora, is now available. For full article click here.
After a comprehensive and competitive process, Nunavut Arctic College is now collaborating with Memorial University, the plan is to create a 10 year partnership.
Árni Jóhan Petersen from the University of the Faroe Islands participated in a north2north mobility research stay in British Colombia in 2018, where he studied the effects of "gold rush" on local communities, the stay also involved the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility.
UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism and Partnership for Sustainability: Arctic Tourism in Times of Change -project welcomes you to join a discussion on how to cope with issues of seasonal tourism in the Arctic. The panel is held Wednesday October 31, at 13-15, Korundi Café, Rovaniemi Finland
A new publication concerning oxygen fluxes beneath Arctic land-fast ice and pack ice : towards estimates of ice productivity, is now available. For access to the article click here.
Ural Federal University is the leader in the number of student papers prepared within the framework of the "Green Square of Carbon-free Power" project with the assistance of the Transregional Civic Ecological Organization "Greenlife". The best works have been selected by experts for participation in the XI Regional Public Dia...
The Foundation for Siberian Cultures makes the publication: An Arctic Indigenous Knowledge System of Landscape, Climate and Human Interactions: Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters, written by Alexandra Lavrillier and Semen Gabyshev, available, click here.
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), invites Early Career Scientists (ECS) to apply for the 2019 IASC Fellowship Program.