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This picture along the NW coast of Greenland captures the island-wide thinning and melting with basal ice (in this case ~55,000 years old) directly on top of the landscape and the gradation along the slope of the ice layers that lead to the surface of the ice sheet today.  The banding, or stratigraphy is marked by major dust depositional periods (surrogates for global drought & warm periods) that are validated by independent water isotope (δ18O, δ2H, and d-excess) measurements (Welker’s lab)

UArctic Chair Jeff Welker co-authored research on the cover of Journal of Glaciology

The UArctic Research Chair, Professor Jeff Welker, University of Oulu, Finland and University of Alaska Anchorage, has co-authored a new set of discoveries r...

Mon, Aug 31, 2020

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2022 2026 Arctic Research Plan Development

Call for Information on Recent Arctic Research Activities

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is beginning its yearly effort to gather information on relevant research activities that have occur...

Wed, Aug 26, 2020

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Fulbright Arctic Initiative

Fulbright Arctic Initiative III: Still time to apply for Finnish applicants

The third round of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative will focus on Arctic Security and Cooperation, Arctic Infrastructure in a Changing Environment, and Commun...

Wed, Aug 26, 2020

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Save the date: Online workshop on indigenizing education

The project Indigenous Pedagogy in Teacher Education will have its first workshop online on 16-17 November, 2020. 

Wed, Aug 26, 2020

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Participate in the International online IT-school

Northern Arctic Federal University (Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia) is pleased to announce an International Online IT-School to be held on 12-16 October 2020...

Tue, Aug 25, 2020

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Thematic Network on Teacher Education Newsletter August 2020 published

The newest newsletter of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education is now published.

Tue, Aug 25, 2020

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Unit for Gender Studies received supplementary funding from North Calotte Council

The North Calotte Council has awarded 10000€ to Gender Studies Unit at Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, as a supplementary grant to project “Unde...

Mon, Aug 24, 2020

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2020 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education

The results for the 2020 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and are now ready, and four projects will receive funding from the...

Fri, Aug 21, 2020

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Climate striker in Iqaluit in September 2019

Highlights from UArctic Shared Voices 2020: policies, personal commitments, and current affairs

How does climate action look like in politics and leadership? What are current national priorities in the Arctic? What can we learn from COVID-19 to improve...

Wed, Aug 19, 2020

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The annual RELATE NORTH symposium and exhibition cancelled

UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) announces cancellation of the RELATE NORTH symposium and exhibition.

Fri, Aug 14, 2020

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Northern Sustainable Development Forum, Yakutsk, September 27-30, 2020

The Northern Sustainable Development Forum is a permanent international expert platform for discussing the issues and prospects of sustainable development of...

Fri, Aug 14, 2020

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Small Arctic lakes of Russia show increase in pollution: a new comparative study

Researchers from the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry RAS and the University of Tyumen have published for the first time data on...

Wed, Aug 12, 2020

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Thematic Network on Arctic Law: four new books released

UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law is pleased to announce the release of a number of books to which members of the network actively participated as both...

Wed, Aug 12, 2020

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OASS 2020

NEFU Online Arctic Summer School 2020 has been successfully held

This year, the 3rd Arctic School of the North-Eastern Federal University and the Northern Forum took place online. The school was held from July 27 to August...

Tue, Aug 11, 2020

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Arctic Council

Covid-19 in the Arctic: A briefing document for Senior Arctic Officials

An insight to the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic on Arctic communities.

Tue, Aug 11, 2020

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