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30 July 2025
Iceland is home to 269 named glaciers, showcasing nearly every glacial type found worldwide, from massive ice caps to smaller cirque and mountain glaciers. Dominating the southeast of the island is Vatnajökull, the largest ice cap in Europe by volume, covering approximately 7,900 km², an area about three times the size of Luxembourg.
25 July 2025
The Arctic Encounter Symposium (AES), the largest annual Arctic policy and business event in the United States, will return to Anchorage next week from July 30 to August 1, 2025.
21 July 2025
A newly released book, Reluctant Conquest: American Wealth, Power, and Science in the Arctic, by Kathryn C. Lavelle, offers a sweeping history of the United States’ evolving relationship with the Arctic. From the American Revolution through the acquisition of Alaska to the present day, Lavelle traces how economic interests, scientific exploration, and strategic concerns have shaped American engagement in the region.
18 July 2025
July 17, 2025 – Iceland - The ongoing volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula continues to make its presence felt, not just in the immediate area, but across large parts of Iceland, where air quality has deteriorated significantly in recent days. Towns in the north, including Akureyri, are now experiencing elevated levels of air pollution, though experts remain divided on the exact cause.
17 July 2025
July 2025 has delivered the warmest day of the summer so far in Iceland, with numerous weather stations across the country reporting record-breaking temperatures. In several locations, the new records surpassed previous ones by an astonishing margin, in some cases, over 8°C, a rare and striking leap in meteorological history.
11 July 2025
During the vibrant Ysyakh Olonkho festival in Neryungri, Sakha Republic, the Indigenous Peoples of Northern Yakutia captured the hearts of visitors with a moving showcase of cultural richness, ancestral wisdom, and spiritual expression.
The festival’s Indigenous pavilion became a center of attraction, where representatives of the Evenks, Evens, Yukaghirs, Dolgans, Chukchis, and Russian Arctic Old-Settlers welcomed guests into their world through storytelling, traditional dress, music, and dance.
4 July 2025
The peer-reviewed, open-access journal Advances in Polar Science (APS) has published Volume 36, Issue 2 (June 2025), featuring a range of cutting-edge studies on polar climate dynamics, ecosystems, seismic activity, governance, and related topics. This issue features six original research papers and an editorial exploring themes with global relevance, from sea ice deformation in the Arctic to decarbonizing shipping in polar waters.
30 June 2025
The 17th International Green Energy Conference (IGEC25) focuses on the development of green energy sources and the use of artificial intelligence in energy systems, for the benefit of the environment, people, and businesses.
26 June 2025
SAVE THE DATE! The 11th China–Nordic Arctic Cooperation (CNARC) Symposium will be held from February 1st to 2nd, 2026, in Tromsø, Norway.
The Symposium is held by the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) and co-convened by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) and the Secretariat of CNARC.
More information about registration, call for papers, and agenda will be published soon on the CNARC website.
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10th CNARC Symposium - Call for Abstracts
CNARC symposium - Agenda now available.
China-Nordic Arctic collaboration, CNARC, has a new website!
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24 June 2025
From 280 to 500 years in just two years, Iceland’s oldest known plant turns out to be a long-living relic of climate history, quietly thriving in the lava fields of the north.
Until recently, the oldest known living plant in Iceland was a humble juniper nestled in the erosion-scarred highlands of Hólasandur, estimated to be about 280 years old. But now, a newly discovered specimen near Lake Mývatn has more than shattered that record, it is believed to be at least 500 years old, potentially even older.
23 June 2025
Reykjavík is set to host one of the most anticipated gatherings in the global energy and technology calendar this October. The 17th International Green Energy Conference, the 6th International Conference on Energy and AI, and the Arctic Energy Forum will come together under one roof at Harpa Conference Center (12-15 October 2025), Iceland’s iconic venue for innovation, science, and dialogue.
Prior to the well-known Arctic Circle Assembly (16-18 October 2025).
19 June 2025
Today, June 19th, known in Iceland as Kvenréttindadagurinn or Women’s Rights Day, marks 110 years since women in Iceland first gained the right to vote and run for parliament. On this day in 1915, King Christian X of Denmark signed a new constitution for Iceland, granting women aged 40 and over both voting rights and eligibility for election to the national parliament, Alþingi.
18 June 2025
New collaboration sees Swedish power company capture nearly a million tonnes of CO₂ annually for permanent storage beneath the North Sea.
In a major leap forward for global climate action, Northern Lights, a Norwegian company jointly owned by Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies, has developed the world’s first open-source CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure.
16 June 2025
A Century in the Ice: Norwegian Royals Visit Svalbard to Mark 100 Years of Arctic Stewardship. Norway’s King Harald V and Queen Sonja arrived in Longyearbyen, the principal settlement in Svalbard, on Monday (16th June) to commemorate 100 years since the archipelago was officially recognized under Norwegian sovereignty. Their visit underscores the region’s critical role on the modern geopolitical stage.
28 May 2025
A German court has dismissed a landmark climate lawsuit filed by Peruvian farmer and mountain guide Saúl Luciano Lliuya against German energy giant RWE. The case, which has been ongoing for nearly a decade, sought to hold RWE partially responsible for the melting of glaciers in the Andes, which Lliuya argued posed a significant flood risk to his hometown of Huaraz, Peru.
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