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Scotland’s Role and Contribution in a Changing Arctic Environment – a new Research Network Series

The Network Event Series is being organised by the Centre for Climate Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University in partnership with the University of Highland...

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

Invitation to online survey on European Polar Research

EU-PolarNet 2 invites European Polar research projects to take part to online survey on on-going and planned stakeholder and rightholder engagement in Europe...

Wed, Feb 03, 2021

Shrinking sea ice in the Chukchi Sea off the NW coast of Alaska. Photo J M Welker August 2015 from the US Coast Guard icebreaker, Healy

UArctic Chair's update: Trees of the Arctic record sea-ice loss affects around the North

Declining Arctic sea ice drives divergent shrub growth around the north. The implications of shrub growth responses to sea ice-induced changes in climate are...

Mon, Jan 11, 2021

UArctic appoints new Vice-Presidents

The UArctic Board has formally approved Diane Hirshberg (University of Alaska Anchorage) as Vice-President Academic and Kirsi Latola (University of Oulu) as...

Tue, Dec 15, 2020

First kick-off meeting online. Credit: Anastasia Emelyanova

The new project on best practices in healthy ageing: Successful kick-off

The University of Oulu coordinated networking project “Indigenous and non-indigenous residents of the Nordic-Russian region: Best practices for equity in hea...

Mon, Nov 09, 2020

Participate in the 5G Technical Webinar arranged by the project Arctic 5G Test Network

The 5G Technical Webinar will take place on November 11, 2020 at 13-15 (Swedish time) or 14-16 (Finnish time). The 5G Technical Webinar will be conducted onl...

Fri, Nov 06, 2020

Figure 1. Northern Alaska with a view to the Brooks Range looking south across the tussock tundra landscapes in the foreground. These tussock tundra systems are becoming snowier and subsequently becoming dominated by shrubs that are leading to greater above and belowground biomass that is being sequester at much higher rates, creating a negative feedback to rising atmospheric CO2 levels (DeFranco et al. 2020)

UArctic Chair's update: An Arctic Crystal Ball - Long-term Experiments as a Window into the New Arctic

Professor Jeffrey Welker* and Colleagues *UArctic Research Chair, University of Oulu, Finland & University of Alaska Anchorage The Snowier, New Arctic ma...

Tue, Nov 03, 2020

Arctic Law Ships At The Roadstead Off Longyearbyen Svalbard

New project funding to the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law, in cooperation with the Northern Institute for Environment and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre, has init...

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

Arctic Tourism in the Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism

Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism

The report "Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism" is part the project "Partnership for Sustainability - Arctic Tourism in Times of...

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

UArctic Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic received a new project on Ageing, gender and ethnicity (AGE-Arctic)

The project entitled “Understanding ageing, gender and ethnicity: Experiences from European Arctic (AGE-Arctic)" has started at the Unit of Gender Studies, A...

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

Looking for Postdoctoral Researcher and Doctoral Student for Interacting Processes in Arctic Reindeer Systems Experiencing Rapid Climate Change

The North changes the world – more sustainable, more intelligent, more humane. We, at the University of Oulu, work as part of the international science commu...

Mon, Oct 05, 2020

Maria together with Bo Peters (University of Greifswald) at the Puukkosuo fen installing root scanning tubes

UArctic Research Chair Postdoctoral Fellow Maria Väisänen awarded Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry grant

Dr. Maria Väisänen, a UArctic Postdoctoral fellow with Professor Jeff Welker, has been awarded a research grant from Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry grant. Her...

Wed, Sep 30, 2020

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