Led by Dr Clara Hoppe from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, new findings published in the journal Nature Communications show Arctic microalgae can build biomass with less light than previously recorded as the minimum for photosynthesis.

The Ice Core Working Group (ICWG) of the U.S. National Science Foundation Ice Drilling program (IDP) invites nominations, including self-nominations, from the U.S. scientific community to fill one open position on the ICWG. The ICWG aims to have diverse representation from a range of scientific expertise and career stages.

The Arctic Data Center invites applications to participate in their upcoming in-person workshop, Scalable and Computationally Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research. This workshop will take place April 7-11, 2025 in Santa Barbara, California. Register by November 15, 2024.

Nord University has joined Arctic Six, previously known as Arctic Five. The alliance also operates as a UArctic Regional Centre.

The U.S. Permafrost Association (USPA) invites applications for several funding grants and awards with the application deadline closing on October 23.

It all began with a small piece of soft brown wool entangled in the delicate branches of a dwarf birch. I was a new Master's student starting my fieldwork, spending days crouched over the tundra in Nunavik, Northern Québec.

The fourth Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award (FP Award) has been awarded to ​Alexander Tøsdal Tveit, Lisa Y. Stein, and Fang Qian in a ceremony today at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland.  

A new UArctic Regional Centre, the UArctic Regional Centre Continental Europe, was established yesterday October 17, in Reykjavík, Iceland.

A new study highlights how citizens can contribute towards 51% of the data to track progress on global biodiversity goals. To ensure this, the research identified ways to increase citizen's participation and collaboration in monitoring biodiversity.

A study led by researchers from the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Marine Biodiversity has documented significant shifts in the distribution of marine invertebrates in the Barents Sea, shedding light on the ecological impacts of climate change over the past century and a half.

The Arctic Ecology Research program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) invites applications for funded PhD positions open for students to start as early as Spring 2025.

The course "The Role of Stakeholders as a Regulatory Force for Sustainable Natural Resource Usage" takes place 7-11 April 2025 at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. The course forms part of a series of four "Arctic Academy for Sustainability" PhD courses running from July 2022 through mid-2025. Application deadline is D...

The annual Relate North symposium and exhibition brings together art and design educators to discuss the evolving field of Arctic art education and the role of art and design higher education in the context of sustainability transformations and transitions. The event will take place at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi a...

The UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity was pleased to welcome over a hundred delegates to the "Sustainable Teacher Education Empowering Arctic Futures" Conference (EAF 2024) hosted by the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Northern Finland, September 18-20, 2024.

The challenge: remediating contaminated Arctic sites. The solution: contaminants in freezing ground & permafrost terrain. The Permafrost Environmental Consulting Incorporated has a 13-volume permafrost engineering book set that will provide you with the resources required to clean up contaminated Arctic soils and permafro...