News & Press Releases
23 June 2017
China has proposed three marine economic passages connecting Asia with Africa, Oceania, Europe and beyond in a bid to advance maritime cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
23 June 2017
Ahead of the 15th annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance summit (Rome, Italy; 26-28 September), Defence IQ just released this annual report exploring the latest acquisitions, requirements and holdings of maritime patrol aircraft across international forces. View it here or get a copy sent to your inbox here.
23 June 2017
1. Virtual Meeting of the Permafrost Carbon Network:
On June 13, we held a virtual meeting with synthesis leads to discuss updates on syntheses, emerging ideas and upcoming events. A lot of good progress has happened since AGU amongst other things with the following syntheses: 1) Expert assessment on subsea permafrost (also see item #6 below), 2) Thermokarst related syntheses, 3) PCN Hydrology MIP, 4) PCN 14C synthesis, 5) Vegetation Permafrost Syntheses, 6) Methane syntheses (also see item #7 below), 7) Non-growing season CO2 emissions, 8) Empirical bottom-up approach for methane fluxes, and 9) Deep Yedoma permafrost synthesis. We have posted the slide updates on our shared Google Drive. You can view the slides under this link.
21 June 2017
The Arctic is a region of international dialogue and potential competition, of varied challenges and diverse opportunities. It is also a region that is gaining in both geopolitical significance and public awareness every day. The complex relationship between the United States and Russia, along with the approaches of the six other Arctic nations, will continue to shape the region’s social, economic, political and environmental issues far into the future.
19 June 2017
These webinars are intended for those within the DSA and WDS communities who currently—or who in the future will—perform application reviews.
16 June 2017
The World Data System (WDS) is a body of the International Council for Science (ICSU) that helps to coordinate and supports research data centres and data services worldwide. Our activities span all disciplines, and are designed to ensure that research data are preserved and openly disseminated to safeguard the integrity of science. WDS is also concerned with the availability to scientists and policymakers of the critical information necessary to manage Earth’s resources wisely.
14 June 2017
BRUSSELS, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Friday that China is happy to see an Europe that is unified, stable, open and prosperous.
13 June 2017
Arctic Portal is looking for a highly qualified data management specialist to fill a postdoc position that will be available as of 1st September 2017 based on an INNOSUP grant.
9 June 2017
The Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate Office of University Programs, (OUP) Center of Excellence in Maritime Research hosted by the University of Alaska. The following is a recap of the Center’s most recent Customers and Partners Roundtable conducted via webinar to ADAC’s community of interest in the United States and Canada.
8 June 2017
Arctic Mayors’ Roundtable
An Arctic Mayors’ Roundtable was held during the Arctic week in Fairbanks on the occasion of the 10 th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting.
The roundtable brought together the Arctic mayors. The municipal representatives gathered at the Roundtable to discuss common challenges and to join hands for cooperation and to share experience in the Arctic settlements’ management.
8 June 2017
We, the Ministers representing the eight Arctic States, joined by representatives of the six Permanent Participant organizations, have gathered in Fairbanks, Alaska, at the conclusion of the second United States Chairmanship, at the Tenth Ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council,
6 June 2017
ECMWF has begun to generate an extended two-year global dataset to support the World Meteorological Organization’s Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP).
The start of production was timed to coincide with the official launch of YOPP in Geneva, Switzerland, on 15 May.
2 June 2017
All registrants will receive a link to the recording - so please register even if you cannot attend the live event.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
2 June 2017
Main topics of the May 2017 EU-PolarNet newsletter
31 May 2017
The 5th China-Nordic Arctic Research Cooperation symposium and roundtable was held in the beautiful and prosporous city of Dalian in China on May 24 to 26 with important and high level delegates from China and the Nordic countries attending as well as from Canada, USA and Russia.
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