Organizers invite abstracts for the Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-7). This hybrid symposium will take place 6-10 March 2023 in Tachikawa, Japan and online. UArctic member, Hokkaido University, is one of the co-organizers of the Symposium.
New Project Connects Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science to Better Understand Impacts of Climate Change on Arctic Rivers
Wed, Aug 31, 2022
The new project, Arctic Rivers Project, seeks to understand the impacts of climate change on Arctic rivers, fish, ice transportation corridors, and communities.
Call for Undergraduate Educators to Test Curriculum - Greenland and Glacial Environments
Wed, Aug 31, 2022
Polar Space and Place (PolarPASS), a project trying to increase the polar knowledge of undergraduates, seeks educators to test curriculum.
Meet UArctic fifth session: General Update
Tue, Aug 30, 2022
The University of the Arctic is the pleased to announce the fifth session of "Meet UArctic", our online update and Q&A meeting for members.
Assistant professor position available: Interdisciplinary Ecosystem Science - Dartmouth College
Tue, Aug 30, 2022
The Department of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Interdisciplinary Ecosystem Science. This position will be located in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Tourism industry as security provider - resource to local and regional preparedness and emergency planning
Mon, Aug 29, 2022
The strong development of the tourism industry in recent decades has made the industry a stakeholder in safety and security discourse. As a party to security contents, the tourism industry is a potential partner and resource in developing local and regional preparedness.
Popular research station reopens in Greenland
Mon, Aug 29, 2022
For more than a century, Arctic climate research has been collected and stored at the University of Copenhagen's northernmost research station – the Arctic Station. Now, after a thorough renovation and modernization, the station has reopened.
Museum of North launches Adopt a Mammoth program
Mon, Aug 29, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is inviting the public to go woolly mammoth hunting. Through the Adopt a Mammoth program it is possible to sponsor the radiocarbon testing of fossils from the University of Alaska Museum of the North’s collection.
UArctic Summer School report
Mon, Aug 29, 2022
Louise Wittwer attended UArctic Summer School 2022 on Marine Plastic in the Arctic in August 2022. Read about her experience.
Webinars: Arctic Inspiration Prize: General , Youth Category
Mon, Aug 29, 2022
Join webinars on Tuesday, August 30 where potential nominees can learn how to put together a nomination and get tips from past winners of Arctic Inspiration Prize.
The successful kick-off of the Nordforsk funded CLINF-Green project
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
The Nordic Council of Ministers funding body Nordforsk funded in 2016 four Nordic Center of Excellences on the theme Sustainable Development in the North. CLINF - an Umeå University based international collaboration, clinf.org, reported results on the transition of infectious diseases in the North in March 2022. This has been...
Sea Ice Outlook: 2022 August Report
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
The 2022 August Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Report is now available online. The Sea Ice Outlook, managed by the Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) Project Team, provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share predictions and ideas.
New Book in Sámi Studies Illuminates the Diversity of Sámi Worlds
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
A major contribution to Sámi Studies, The Sámi World presents a diversity of research topics from across Sápmi, providing rich understandings of Sámi worlds. The book has been edited by Sanna Valkonen, Professor of Sámi Research, and researchers Áile Aikio, Saara Alakorva and Sigga-Marja Magga from the University of Lapland.
Funding opportunity: NSF Ideas Lab - Engineering Technologies to Advance Underwater Sciences
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites proposals for funding through their Ideas Lab: Engineering Technologies to Advance Underwater Sciences (ETAUS) solicitation. NSF’s Office of Polar Programs (OPP), along with other Directorates and Offices, are seeking proposals aimed to advance underwater sciences through the Idea...
Resource available: Arctic Ocean Curriculum Unit
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces a new resource, a curriculum unit focused on the Arctic Ocean.