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Norbert Pirk and Frans-Jan Parmentier, who are CBA researchers, contributed with data from Norway in a research study led by researchers at the University of Zurich.

The eight Arctic states adopted a regional action plan to promote cleaner oceans at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Reykjavik on Thursday.

Read the press release at regjeringen.no   

Groundbreaking study confirms that glaciers are becoming thinner. The trend is also about to turn for the few glaciers that were still growing.

Read the article: Titan.uio.no

That is, if we meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. ¡°Human action matters¡±, says Professor Regine Hock.

Read the article: Titan.uio.no

The Arctic Cooperation Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers has opened up its call for new project applications for financial support in 2021. Deadline for sending in proposals is 1st February 2021 (12:00 CET).

Visit Nordregio for more info.

Melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic as well as ice melt from glaciers all over the world are causing sea levels to rise. New data and analysis show that land-based glaciers outside of the main ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland have lost more than 9,000 billion tons of ice since 1961, raising sea levels by 27 millimeters.

Read the article in Titan.uio.no

The University of Oslo and the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law has concluded an agreement with Equinor in the field of climate and energy law.

The Ministry of Education and Research launched a new strategy for research and higher education in Svalbard this May.

Call for session proposals for the UArctic Congress 2018 in Helsinki is now open. The deadline for session proposals is 30 September 2017.

Submissions are now open for SIOS pilot project funding. The 2017 call will be the basis of an annual call wheel. The total funds available in 2017 are 2 million NOK.

According to a recent NGO report, Norway¡¯s plans to ramp up Arctic oil and gas production undermines the Paris Agreement.

Average sea ice extent for the month of July ended up the fifth lowest since satellite records began in 1979, according to the latest report released by the Colorado-based National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

Read the article on The Independent Barents Observer.

17 passenger vessels are Monday sailing in the waters around Svalbard. Next year will be even more crowded.

Read the article on The Independent Barents Observer.

The Finnish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council is underway, with a clear commitment by Finland to advance sustainable development and climate change goals. However, "sustainable development" can be a tough term to implement.

Anthrax broke out in Russia this summer, but why? Because the permafrost in Siberia is melting. At the same time, people in Nord-Troms fear a tsunami and enormous devastation when the permafrost on Nordnesfjellet mountain melts and the mountain cracks. Read more on siu.no