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 Russia 'Discovers Five New Islands' in Arctic Ocean. A Russian naval research team has claimed to have discovered five islands in the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Kara Sea area of the Arctic Ocean. Russian news agency RIA Novosti on August 27 quoted Russia's Northern Fleet as saying the islands range in size from 900 to 54,500 square meters. The land areas are located in Vise Bay, west of Severny Island in the area of the Vylki Glacier, the report said.
Radio Free Europe
A Northwest Passage Journey Finds Little Ice and Big Changes. Elwin Bay is carved into a steep, flat-topped mountain range along the northeast coast of Somerset Island in Canada's High Arctic. For as long as anyone can remember, hundreds of beluga whales show up every year on an annual migration from Greenland through Canada's Northwest Passage. Their fidelity to this site is remarkable given that 19th-century whalers killed more
than 10,000 of them there - 840 during one notably gruesome, 17-day stretch - between 1874 and 1898. Helicoptering over the bay earlier this month with members of a U.S. National Science Foundation-sponsored research expedition, we saw too many belugas to count accurately in waters riddled with rapidly disintegrating sea ice. Five hundred? Eight hundred?
Yale 360
Radioactive Isotopes Released in Arctic Missile Accident: Russia. Russia said yesterday that radioactive isotopes had been released in a recent accident at an Arctic missile test site that caused widespread alarm as the authorities kept details under wraps. The Aug 8 blast killed five scientists and caused a spike in radiation levels, but Russia did not admit for several days that nuclear materials were involved. The accident released swiftly decaying radioactive isotopes of strontium, barium and lanthanum, news agencies reported, citing tests by the Rosgidromet national weather and environmental monitoring agency.
The Straits Times
 The Case for Retreat in the Battle Against Climate Change. When it comes to climate change, moving people and development away from at-risk areas can be viewed, not as a defeat, but as a smart strategy that allows communities to adapt and thrive. That's the case for carefully planned "managed retreat" made by three environmental researchers in an article published Aug. 22 in the Policy Forum section of the journal Science. The article was written by lead author A.R. Siders of the University of Delaware, with co-authors Miyuki Hino and Katharine J. Mach of Stanford University and the University of Miami.
Science Daily
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Future Events
Network North: Young Professionals Meetup, September 3, 2019 (Washington, DC USA).
Are you a young professional, scholar, or new leader active in the Arctic field? If so, join us for a reception where you and your colleagues can grab a drink, enjoy great conversation, and make a new Arctic friend in a casual setting. The event will take place on the eve of the Arctic Futures 2050 conference on Tuesday September 3, 2019, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, on George Washington University's campus. Refreshments will be served and registration is free. Please RSVP here.
Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic, Sept. 23-25, 2019, (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA).
The University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, VA, is hosting a conference and workshop entitled "Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic" from Sept. 23-25, 2019, sponsored by the National Science Foundation Navigating the New Arctic program, with additional support from UVA's Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures, and Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation. The UVA Environmental Resilience Institute's Arctic CoLab is organizing the event, with assistance from the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS).
EU Arctic Forum, October 3-4, 2019 (
Umeå, Sweden).
The European Commission, the European External Action Service, and the Government of Sweden will jointly organize a high-level EU Arctic Forum
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The EU Arctic Forum will bring together key Arctic players and stakeholders to assess recent developments in the region and to discuss the new challenges ahead.
The EU Arctic Forum will include several keynote addresses and two high-level panel sessions on the morning of 3 October. Foreign ministers from EU member states as well as the Arctic Council will be invited to participate.
112th Meeting of the US Arctic Research Commission. October 9, 2019 (Reykjavik, Iceland). Details to follow...
2019 Arctic Circle Assembly, October 10-13, 2019 (Reykjavík, Iceland). The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. It is attended by heads of states and governments, ministers, members of parliaments, officials, experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, indigenous representatives, environmentalists, students, activists and others from the growing international community of partners and participants interested in the future of the Arctic.
Large-scale Volcanism in the Arctic: The Role of the Mantle and Tectonics, October 13-18, 2019 (Selfoss, Iceland).
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference will focus on the diversity of Arctic magmatism and tectonics from the Paleozoic to present-day. The conveners are Owen Anfinson, Bernard Coakley, Carmen Gaina, and Grace Shephard. The program will focus on five themes including: Theme I: pre-breakup and rifting;Theme II: seafloor spreading;Theme III: mantle-derived heterogeneity (including plumes and large-igneous provinces);Theme IV: subduction related volcanism, and, Theme V: HALIP and environmental effects.
The website (link above) is open for abstract submission until June 19th and for meeting registration until September 9th. Funding is available for travel support, particularly for early career scientists. Travel support will be awarded on the basis of submitted abstracts and to promote diversity among attendees.
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