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The Arctic and Antarctic regions continue to undergo dramatic change with global political, economic, social, cultural, scientific, environmental, and security implications.

The Wilson Center's Polar Institute will host its second edition of the Polar Week, to explore, analyze, discuss, and

During the summer of 2020 ACCAP and the Alaska Fire Science Consortium hosted two Ernest F. Hollings scholars for the summer internships. Because of COVID-19 their internships were remote. During this webinar the scholars will present their summer’s work.

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The Bering Sea is undergoing rapid unprecedented change. Elders across the region have reported changes in sea ice quality and timing for decades. Sea ice extent in the late winters of 2018 and 2019 were by far the lowest recorded since satellite monitoring began in 1978. And even though sea ice and

Speaker: Sheanna Steingass, Marine Mammal Program Leader, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Courtesy Faculty, OSU Fisheries and Wildlife.

One Health’ is the concept that the health of humans, wildlife, and the environment are intertwined. This ideology is nowhere more apparent than in

In 2009, Commonwealth North called for the necessary infrastructure investments to allow increased human activity in the Arctic to occur safely and efficiently and to increase the U.S. Coast Guard's presence in the region, facilitated by the building of Polar Class icebreakers. Progress has been

Three shorter talks this week:

- Samira Samini (University of Calgary) “Meltwater Penetration Through Temperate Ice Layers in the Percolation Ice Zone at Dye-2, Greenland Ice Sheet”
- Sammie Buzzard (Ice and Climate Group, Georgia Tech) “A 3-D Model for Ice Shelf Hydrology”
- Keir Nichols

The Arctic is experiencing record heat and wildfires are ramping up across the global north. New research shows northern forest fire frequency and severity are rapidly increasing, releasing large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and worsening climate feedback loops. WHRC scientist Dr. Brendan

If you are interested in being part of the conversation on Arctic research planning or are curious about what the Arctic Research Plan is and how it is being developed, please join us for an IARPC Webinar.

In this webinar, IARPC will share information on the development of the next five-year

Update: Following the outbreak of COVID19, this event has been postponed to 19 to 30 September 2022.

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This two-week workshop at the Isaac Newton Institute (INI) will build on the successful scientific programme SIP’17 with a similar title that took place at the INI from 21/08

The IGS Head Office and the Durham Local Organising Committee have been monitoring the situation regarding the Covid-19 (coronavirus) infection. Yesterday, the UK government has advised that the pandemic will not peak for several weeks, bringing us closer to the scheduled start of our symposium.