The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat’s (SPRS) ongoing research expedition takes icebreaker, Oden, north of Greenland to study the dynamic history of the marine cryosphere and the impact of climate change on marine and terrestrial ecosystems in the north.

To capture windblown dust, passive dust traps were installed in the RIF Field Station in the northernmost part of Iceland, 3 km south from the Arctic Circle. The aim was to capture and investigate local and long-range tranported dust. 

In this video series, the finalists of the 2024 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award talk about their award-nominated ideas. Watch the second video in which Alexander Tøsdal Tveit introduces the BIOSINK project that aims to capture methane from air and convert it into protein-rich biomass for use in food production.

Passive dust traps have been installed in the Gobbefjord field station in west Greenland (64°08’ N, 51°23’ W) to capture local and long-range tranported dust.

The Marine Mammal Commission invites pre-proposals for their Fiscal Year 2025 Request for Proposals. Pre-proposal submission deadline: 7 October 2024. For more information, go to: Request for Proposals.

Apply today for the 2024 Northwest Territories Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (NT-NEIHR) Master's and Doctoral Scholarships. 

The Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response Working Group of the Arctic Council (EPPR) in cooperation with Nord University is organizing Arctic Emergency Management Conference in Bodø 18-20 March, 2025. The deadline for submissions is 23 September 2024. 

This webinar, organized by the Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS), will comprise three presentations connected to the impact of ocean dynamics on Arctic Ocean processes. They will take place via Zoom on Monday 23 September, at 12:00 – 13:30 UTC.

Submit a nomination for the Northern Science Award by October 7, 2024, presented annually to an individual or a team who have made a significant contribution to advancing knowledge and understanding of the Canadian North. 

Registration is open for the Relate North #12: New Genre Arctic Art Education Symposium that will be held on November 4-7, 2024 at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland. Both in situ and online participation are available.

Register by September 27, 2024 to take part in an online data science workshop offered by the Arctic Data Center. The subject is reproducible approaches to Arctic research using R.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Critical Arctic Studies (CAS) organized a roundtable and three sessions at the 17th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations (PEC) on 29-31 August 2024 in Lille, France.

Until recent years, science diplomacy and science collaboration have generally been seen as useful tools for building trust in international relations. However, a new Icelandic study shows how geopolitical developments are directly influencing the practical implementation and operation of science projects on the ground.

Harri Saarnisaari from the University of Oulu’s Arctic 6G project, and lead of the Thematic Network on Arctic Telecommunications and Networking, participated in a joint measurement campaign with colleagues from The Sámi Education Institute’s and the University of Lapland’s New forms of heritage wisdom project. 

UArctic Thematic Network on Decolonization of Arctic Library and Archives Metadata (DALAM) held its biennial in-person meeting within the program of the 29th Polar Libraries Colloquy in Tromsø, Norway on June 10, 2024.