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Figure 1. Northern Alaska with a view to the Brooks Range looking south across the tussock tundra landscapes in the foreground. These tussock tundra systems are becoming snowier and subsequently becoming dominated by shrubs that are leading to greater above and belowground biomass that is being sequester at much higher rates, creating a negative feedback to rising atmospheric CO2 levels (DeFranco et al. 2020)

UArctic Chair's update: An Arctic Crystal Ball - Long-term Experiments as a Window into the New Arctic

Professor Jeffrey Welker* and Colleagues *UArctic Research Chair, University of Oulu, Finland & University of Alaska Anchorage The Snowier, New Arctic ma...

Tue, Nov 03, 2020

Arctic Law Ships At The Roadstead Off Longyearbyen Svalbard

New project funding to the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law, in cooperation with the Northern Institute for Environment and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre, has init...

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

Arctic Tourism in the Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism

Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism

The report "Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism" is part the project "Partnership for Sustainability - Arctic Tourism in Times of...

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

UArctic Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic received a new project on Ageing, gender and ethnicity (AGE-Arctic)

The project entitled “Understanding ageing, gender and ethnicity: Experiences from European Arctic (AGE-Arctic)" has started at the Unit of Gender Studies, A...

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

Looking for Postdoctoral Researcher and Doctoral Student for Interacting Processes in Arctic Reindeer Systems Experiencing Rapid Climate Change

The North changes the world – more sustainable, more intelligent, more humane. We, at the University of Oulu, work as part of the international science commu...

Mon, Oct 05, 2020

Maria together with Bo Peters (University of Greifswald) at the Puukkosuo fen installing root scanning tubes

UArctic Research Chair Postdoctoral Fellow Maria Väisänen awarded Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry grant

Dr. Maria Väisänen, a UArctic Postdoctoral fellow with Professor Jeff Welker, has been awarded a research grant from Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry grant. Her...

Wed, Sep 30, 2020

Intern Monica Gamba Thematic Networks Office

The UArctic Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Office welcomes a new intern

A recent graduate from Aalborg University, Monica Gamba has just started her internship experience at the UArctic Thematic Network and Research Liaison Offic...

Wed, Sep 09, 2020

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

Biodiversity and Human Health: What's a holistic approach to good health?

Good health is not the mere absence of diseases. It is the result of a complex interplay between factors influencing our daily lives and the surrounding envi...

Fri, Jun 12, 2020

Second call for papers: Northernness at NAF/NAAR Symposium 2020 and 12th Annual Symposium of Architectural Research 2020

NAF/NAAR Symposium 2020 and 12th Annual Symposium of Architectural Research 2020 will be arranged either as an on-site event or online, 22–23 October 2020, a...

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Video available: IARPC seminar on the Arctic Water Cycle to the Arctic Atmosphere Team

UArctic Research Chair, Professor Jeff Welker (University of Oulu & University of Alaska Anchorage) recently led an on-line IARPC seminar on the Arctic W...

Thu, Apr 09, 2020

Kaisa-Riikka at the FMI Sammaltunturi Atmospheric Chemistry station, Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park

UArctic Research Chair Postdoctoral Fellow Kaisa-Riikka Mustonen awarded Kone Foundation Fellowship

Dr. Kaisa-Riikka Mustonen, a UArctic Postdoctoral fellow with Professor Jeff Welker, has been awarded a 3-year personal research grant from the exclusive Kon...

Mon, Apr 06, 2020

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