No Arctic science events are scheduled for today. | |
Norway Sets Timeline to Deploy Subhunting Aircraft in the Arctic | |
Norway’s announcement that it plans to deploy P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft to the Arctic in 2022 marks significant progress in the country’s long-term effort to bolster defense capabilities and readiness in the region. The Ministry of Defense unveiled the timeline Aug. 13, having already approved Evenes Air Station as the main base for its future Boeing-made fleet. | |
Want to Use Wind to Lower Emissions in Shipping | |
Using wind to power ships and referring to it as innovation is probably equal to claiming to having re-invented the wheel. However, the fact is that for the first time ever, there is current research on wind-assisted propulsion on vessels at sea. The goal is to facilitate low emissions in shipping. Five vessels have already installed new technology and transmit voyage data information to the researchers. | |
Fires in the Arctic, Record Sea Levels: NOAA Report Details Effects of Climate Change in 2020 | |
A year after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses, grounded flights and reduced vehicle traffic across the world, scientists say the resulting temporary drop in carbon emissions has had no lasting impact on climate change. In fact, many metrics of the planet’s health declined significantly last year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new “State of the Climate in 2020” report. | |
NEW THIS WEEK | 9:00 am ADT on September 8, 2021 | Virtual
What Can We Learn from Ignorance? Arctic Energy Frontiers, Environmental Regimes, and Indigenous Rights Movements Since the 1970s
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Alaska Chadux̂ Network and the North American Marine Environment Protection Association are co-sponsoring a free collaborative virtual seminar that will focus on maritime challenges currently being faced in the U.S. Arctic. The 3-hour informative event will address a series of topics including a keynote address focusing on the role of the U.S. Arctic in national policies; current issues being confronted by stakeholders in the region; and future challenges. This unique event will bring together expert insight from across the maritime sector, arctic specialists, and government officials. Registration is now open. | |
11:00 am ET on September 14, 2021 | Virtual
What Can We Learn from Ignorance? Arctic Energy Frontiers, Environmental Regimes, and Indigenous Rights Movements Since the 1970s
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In this talk, Prof. Andrew Stuhl will examine the state of knowledge that Pimlott experienced as a constitutive element of energy frontiers, environmental regimes, and struggles for Indigenous rights in the late twentieth-century Arctic. This event is part of the Arctic Environmental Humanities Workshop Series and is hosted by The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. | |
October 14-17, 2021 | Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
Arctic Circle Assembly
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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.
For the most up-to-date COVID information, please see the the US Embassy in Reykjavik's COVID page: here.
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OCTOBER 24–29, 2021 | BOULDER, COLORADO, USA
2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost/19th International Conference Cold Regions Engineering
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For the first time, a Regional Conference on Permafrost will be combined with the bi-annual 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. This conference is hosted by the US Permafrost Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the International Permafrost Association, the Permafrost Young Researchers Network, and the University of Colorado Boulder. A complete list of planned sessions is available here. | |
November 2-4, 2021 | Houston, Texas USA
The Maritime Risk Symposium
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The Maritime Risk Symposium is an annual three-day conference in which government and maritime industry leaders, port representatives, researchers, and solution providers convene to examine current and emerging threats to maritime security. Government agencies, commercial entities, institutions of research, and higher education come together to discuss various threats, challenges, and risks to international and domestic maritime sectors. | |
November 10-11, 2021 | Brussels, Belgium
EU Arctic Forum and Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue
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The European Commission and the European External Action Service will organize a high-level EU Arctic Forum and the Annual Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue. The EU Arctic Forum will bring together key Arctic players and stakeholders to assess recent developments in the region and discuss challenges ahead. The event will provide a strategic outlook for the updated EU Arctic policy and delve into topics that are of particular significance for the Arctic’s inhabitants. | |
November 17, 2021 | Portland, Maine USA
New England Arctic Network 2021 Meeting
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The New England Arctic Network (NEAN) will host its 2021 meeting at the University of New England in Portland, Maine. Additional information will be published soon. | |
November 30- December 3, 2021 | Anchorage, Alaska USA
Reducing Arctic Risks and Advancing Cooperation, Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2021
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Arctic Symposium 2021 continues momentum in Arctic defense and security collaboration established in prior ALCOM-hosted events. AAS21 seeks to address the challenges faced by the U.S. military and our allies and partners in understanding and responding to our respective national interests. AAS21 is planned and organized by the Arctic Domain Awareness Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) in support and in compliance to guidance from Alaskan Command (ALCOM) Staff and Commander. More information available soon. | |
December 6-10, 2021 | Virtual
A Blue Arctic Ocean: U.S. Arctic Research and Marine Infrastructure Needs
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Hosted entirely online the ArcticNet Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 (ASM2021) is a hub for Arctic research in Canada. The ASM2021 brings together researchers from the natural, health, and social sciences to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing Arctic region, shaped by climate change and modernization. This conference will push the boundaries of our collective understanding of the Arctic and strengthen our ability to address the Arctic issues of today and tomorrow. | |
December 13-17, 2021 | New Orleans, LA USA & virtual
A Blue Arctic Ocean: U.S. Arctic Research and Marine Infrastructure Needs
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The National Academies’ Polar Research Board is convening the following session at the Fall AGU meeting. | |
MAY 9-12, 2022 | HANKO, FINLAND
2nd Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses
| Organizers announce, that due to the coronavirus outbreak, the 2nd Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses has been postponed to 2022. This symposium will bring together molecular microbial ecologists specializing in different organism groups to share our latest results and discuss methodological problems, as well as future prospects in the field, including practical international collaborations. The environmental focus will be on cryospheric environments including sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost, but excellent research in other polar environments is also invited. The methods to be discussed will focus on 'omics' techniques, ranging from single cells to metagenomes, but research using additional methods is encouraged as well. | |
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