News & Press Releases

Arctic Portal News Portlet

29 May 2015

Pemafrost conference

Institute of Physicoсhemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Scientific Council on Earth Cryology and Institute of Earth Cryosphere of Russian Academy of Sciences would like to invite you to take part in the International conference "Permafrost in XXI century: basic and applied researches".

28 May 2015

Lighthouse in Norway

PRESS RELEASE BY NSF

The Arctic Section in the Division of Polar Programs, Geosciences Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces staffing changes for the Arctic Observing Network program.

27 May 2015

Yellowknife Airport

An international panel of experts will come together at the University of Dundee this week to explore how European Union countries can prevent the Arctic from environmental catastrophe.

26 May 2015

Arkhangelsk Sea Port Economiya

Different news sources have recently reported that the Russian company MMC Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium (read more about MMC Norilsk Nickel here) has planned to sell the Arkhangelsk sea trade port by the end of 2015.

22 May 2015

aurora borealis

The EU-Polar Net has recently confirmed that the EU has granted €2 million to run the EU-Polar Net for five more years.

21 May 2015

President Barack Obama

Yesterday the White House  issued a brief press release to inform that President Obama will address to the United States Coast Guard Academy the importance of acting on climate change and the risks to national security this global threat poses.

20 May 2015

Arctic Frontiers

The 10th Arctic Frontiers conference will be arranged in Tromsø, Norway from Sunday 24 January to Friday 29 January 2016. The title for the 2016 conference is Industry and Environment.

19 May 2015

The End of China Coal Boom - Greenpeace

In November 2014, President of the United States, Barack Obama (US) and President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, released the historical "U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change".

19 May 2015

CNARC's building, Shanghai (photo: CNARC)On the 26-28 May 2015 the 3rd China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium will take place in Shanghai and the conference theme is "Arctic Synergies: Polices and Best Practice". All presentations will focus on Arctic-related issues, within one of the session topics:

18 May 2015

United States Arctic Research Commission - USARC

The United States Arctic Research Commission (USARC), the independent agency that advises the President and the Congress of US on domestic and international Arctic research through recommendations and reports, has just released a report unveiling their goals and objectives for Arctic research for 2015-2016.

15 May 2015

Northern Forum

According to the Bylaws and Rules of Procedure, the Northern Forum Secretariat and the Chairing region - Sakha Republic (Yakutia) inform you about the upcoming 12th General Assembly to take place in Yakutsk, Russia on November 4-6, 2015.

13 May 2015

Arctic Circle

Registration is now open for the 2015 Arctic Circle Assembly.  The assembly will be held on October 16-18, and for the third year in a row, it will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland.

12 May 2015

University of Akureyri

The Ministers for Foreign Affairs in Iceland and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Akureyri, Iceland, which includes several aspects of cooperation in the field of Arctic scientific research, including the establishment of a Nansen Professorship in Arctic Studies at the University of Akureyri.

11 May 2015

Polar Law and Resources

An overview of Polar law questions and topical developments was provided in the pioneering 2010 Polar Law Textbook and in the 2013 Polar Law Textbook II,  both of which covered a number of topics relevant to the Polar resources debate.

8 May 2015

Cover page of "The Framework for a Pan-Arctic Network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)"

PAME is one of six Arctic Council working groups. PAME was first established under the 1991 Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and was continued by the 1996 Ottawa Charter that established the Arctic Council.

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