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8 August 2022

IPA Country Reports 2021

The International Permafrost Association publishes reports from its adhering bodies documenting permafrost-related activity in member countries.

4 August 2022

Volcanic Eruption in Geldingadalir Iceland 2022

Magma has reached the surface in Geldingadalir in the Reykjanes peninsula. For the first time since last September, when lava stopped running from Fagradalsfjall, the tension has given a way for the magma to burst through. The eruption started at 13:18 on 3rd of August.

19 July 2022

The Gorchakov Fund - Arctic Sessions

Experts will discuss the future of the Arctic Council during a live roundtable discussion on July 20, Wednesday, 5:00-6:00 pm Moscow Standard Time.

12 July 2022

Greenland fog

๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† - The weather along the Greenlands west coast with low clouds and fog creates great challenges in getting customers to their destination these days.

6 July 2022

Ship sailing in the arctic

Globally speaking, neither the Kingdom of Denmark nor Norway can be viewed as major players. In the Arctic, however, the two states are not only an integral part of any security and governance debate โ€” together they also hold some of the largest land and maritime areas in the High North. Moreover, their strategic position in the North Atlantic is key to United States security concerns and aspirations in the Arctic.

23 June 2022

Arctic Circle 2022 - United Arab Emirates

Press Release from the Arctic Circle - At the heart of climate change in Asia and the Himalaya region is the threat of melting glaciers and water insecurity. As outlined in the most recent IPCC Report, the gravity of the challenge is nowhere as dramatic as in and around the Third Pole, a term which is increasingly being used to denote the geographic vicinity of the Himalaya.

22 June 2022

Russian Asian Arctic Research Consortium

The Russian (Northern) - Asian Arctic Research Consortium was created on the initiative of the International Organization of the Northern Regions - The Northern Forum, and the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) on June 11 in Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia.

14 June 2022

Defence Ministers of the Northern Group in Iceland 2022

The Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group met in Reykjavรญk, Iceland, on 8 June 2022, and gave the following statement:

9 June 2022

World Oceans Day 2022

On 8 June World Oceans Day was celebrated by the United Nations. Many countries have celebrated the day since 1992, following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008, The United Nations General Assembly decided that as of 2009, 8 June would be designated as โ€œWorld Oceans Dayโ€.

9 June 2022

Arctic Council

The governments of Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States have issued the following joint statement.

7 June 2022

Sunset over the town of Akureyri

The northern hemisphere is approaching its brightest day with the longest day, summer solstice, on June 21st.

27 May 2022

Windmills

China wants to build a huge solar and wind park in the Gobi Desert, which is planned to have a total capacity of 450 gigawatts. To put this into perspective: the total capacity of all renewable energy sources in Germany is 132.3 gigawatts. The planned park in the Middle Kingdom would thus even have a higher total output than all wind energy and PV plants in the European Union combined.

26 May 2022

Russian Ship - North Pole

JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" has started factory sea trials of the ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole". The Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Alexander KOZLOV took part in the formal procedure.

25 May 2022

World Data System

International Data Week 2022 is only four weeks away. If you have not already registered for IDW, please note that the early bird registration deadline is 31 May 2022. Please register for the conference as soon as possible. https://idw2022.org/.

24 May 2022

ArcticBasecamp2022

May 24, Davos, Switzerland โ€“ With the Arctic warming almost three times faster than the rest of the world, a new interactive tool could help people and businesses take informed action on global risks.

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