AP Community Updates
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24-05-2022
Call for Early Career Scientist Travel F ....Call for Early Career Scientist Travel Fellowships to the 2022 ISMASS Workshop*6 travel grants are available for early career researchers to participate in the 1.5-day ISMASS workshop entitled “Ice Sheets: Weather versus Climate” during the upcoming symposium “Cryosphere 2022”, an International Symposium on Ice,[…]
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29-04-2022
APECS Norway workshops at Arctic Frontie ....APECS Norway workshops at Arctic Frontiers and other ECR opportunitiesThe 2022 edition of the Arctic Frontiers conference, "Pathways", will be held 8-11 May in Tromsø, Norway. The conference has a number of special programs and events for young students,[…]
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17-03-2022
SAON pause ....SAON pauseSAON recognizes and values its relationships with both the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee as outlined in its founding documents. For the time being, the SAON Board[…]
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08-03-2022
IASSA Statement on Ukraine ....IASSA Statement on UkraineThe field of arctic social science is dependent on peaceful and safe cooperation between institutions and countries across the Arctic, in order to flourish and bring about fruitful scientific research.[…]
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12-10-2021
SAON-IASC Fellowship ....SAON-IASC FellowshipSAON and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) will be offering this year the first SAON-IASC Fellowship to support an early career researcher to get more involved in the work[…]
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27-09-2021
President - Grete K. Hovelsrud ....President - Grete K. HovelsrudGrete K. Hovelsrud, PresidentNordland Research Institute and Nord University (Norway)I have been an active Arctic social scientist, working mostly in Greenland and Northern Norway, and have with great joy been engaged in[…]
Shipping
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25-05-2022
Largest Russian Shipping Firm ‘Sov ....Largest Russian Shipping Firm ‘Sovcomflot’ Sells Off At Least 20 Tankers To Clear DebtsThe largest shipping firm in Russia, Sovcomflot, has sold off at least 20 tankers to avoid defaults and pay off creditors. About it on May 23, reports the Financial Times.Largest Russian Shipping Firm ‘Sovcomflot’ Sells Off At Least 20 Tankers[…]
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25-05-2022
15 Bangladeshi Sailors Whose Ship Capsiz ....15 Bangladeshi Sailors Whose Ship Capsized In Kolkata, Still Detained Since March EndOfficials of the concerned departments, such as the Bangladesh Shipping Department were unable to share information regarding the return of sailors to the homeland.15 Bangladeshi Sailors Whose Ship Capsized In Kolkata, Still Detained Since March End appeared first on Marine[…]
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24-05-2022
US Navy On Path To Achieve Net-Zero GHG ....US Navy On Path To Achieve Net-Zero GHG Emissions By 2050The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps announced the release of its climate strategy, Climate Action 2030, setting the Department of the Navy (DON) on a path to achieve the Nation’s commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.US Navy On[…]
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24-05-2022
Port Of Long Beach & Amazon Web Serv ....Port Of Long Beach & Amazon Web Services Collaborate To Improve Cargo DataAmazon Web Services To Power ‘Supply Chain Information Highway’ To Increase Transparency, Predictability In Goods MovementPort Of Long Beach & Amazon Web Services Collaborate To Improve Cargo Data appeared first on Marine Insight - The Maritime Industry Guide
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24-05-2022
Höegh Autoliners Joins Alliance To ....Höegh Autoliners Joins Alliance To Improve Diversity In The Maritime IndustryBy joining the Global Maritime Forum’s All Aboard Alliance, Höegh Autoliners reiterates its efforts to improve diversity, equality, and inclusion in the maritime industry. Höegh Autoliners Joins Alliance To Improve Diversity In The Maritime Industry appeared first on Marine Insight[…]
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24-05-2022
GHG Working Group Finalizes Carbon Inten ....GHG Working Group Finalizes Carbon Intensity Measures GuidanceGHG Working Group finalizes guidelines to support the implementation of carbon intensity measures and agrees to further develop a “basket of candidate mid-term measures” including technical and carbon-pricing elements. Draft guidelines to support the implementation of ship carbon intensity measures[…]
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24-05-2022
World Port Days’ 45th Edition Retu ....World Port Days’ 45th Edition Returns To Rotterdam On 2, 3 And 4 SeptemberThe event was announced on Thursday afternoon with the traditional kick-off in front of a big crowd at the Van Ghent Barracks in Rotterdam.World Port Days’ 45th Edition Returns To Rotterdam On 2, 3 And 4 September appeared first on[…]
Climate Change
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18-05-2022
EU Climate Advisory Board chair elected ....EU Climate Advisory Board chair electedThe new European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change has elected Professor Ottmar Edenhofer as its chairperson for a term of four years. His task will be to represent the Advisory Board and organise its work, which is to provide[…]
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17-05-2022
Consumers can play key role in creating ....Consumers can play key role in creating demand for ‘circular’ goods and servicesWhile companies have huge influence in framing and shaping demand for products, consumers play a key role in raising demand for goods and services that have adopted circular economy principles, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published today.
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12-05-2022
What could a sustainable Europe look lik ....What could a sustainable Europe look like in 2050?What could a sustainable Europe look like in 2050? A European Environment Agency (EEA) web report, published today, presents four ‘imaginaries’, or scenarios, offering strongly contrasting approaches to achieving Europe’s socio-economic and environmental goals. The report is based on co-creative[…]
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11-05-2022
The looming threat for Maine’s ico ....The looming threat for Maine’s iconic potato industryBy Lori Valigra (Bangor Daily News) and Caitlin Looby (Climate Central) with Jen Brady (Climate Central) contributing to data reportingMaire Lenihan coaxes organic Keuka Gold potatoes into a washing machine at Goranson Farm in Dresden on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Credit: Troy R. Bennett /[…]
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05-05-2022
Urban sprawl continues at the cost of na ....Urban sprawl continues at the cost of nature in EuropeLand take and the sealing of soil with asphalt, concrete or buildings increased in Europe’s urban areas from 2012 to 2018, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment, published today. Increasing land take and soil sealing make Europe’s ecosystems[…]
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29-04-2022
Ellis Island, lighthouses among historic ....Ellis Island, lighthouses among historic NJ sites flooding as seas riseBy Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central ) and Andrew S. Lewis and Michael Sol Warren (NJ Spotlight News), with television segment by Brenda Flanagan (NJ Spotlight News)Read the Climate Central report, Future Flood Risk: Historic Sites in NJ.The Garden State’s history is starting to[…]
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27-04-2022
What role can Europe’s land and ma ....What role can Europe’s land and marine habitats play in carbon storage and sequestration?What is the carbon storage and sequestration potential of Europe’s many land and marine habitats? A first scoping analysis, published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA), found that forests and wetlands can play an important role in storing carbon[…]
Science
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24-05-2022
Tracking ancient earthquakes by taking t ....Tracking ancient earthquakes by taking the temperatures of faults
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24-05-2022
Discovery Files – Upcycling with S ....Discovery Files – Upcycling with Sunlight Researchers are using the power of the sun to upcycle plastic waste. Full story at https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=188209&from=?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=clickThis is an NSF News item.
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23-05-2022
Witness Community Highlights ....Witness Community Highlights23 May 2022The May 2022 issue of Witness Community Highlights is now available online. This issue includes three articles: Springtime at the Arctic Data Center, a summary of recently developed resources; the ARCUS Community Member Profile of Hannah Holland-Moritz, Postdoctoral[…]
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23-05-2022
Legal and Inupiat Perspectives on Adapta ....Legal and Inupiat Perspectives on Adaptations to Repetitive Flooding Events in Arctic CommunitiesLegal and Inupiat Perspectives on Adaptations to Repetitive Flooding Events in Arctic CommunitiesBy: Elizabeth Marino, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sustainability, Oregon State University-CascadesBackgroundIn 2019, Annie Weyiouanna, Siġvanna (Megan) Topkok, Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, Alessandra Jerolleman, and I, Elizabeth Marino, received funding[…]
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20-05-2022
ARCUS Member Profile of Hannah Holland-M ....ARCUS Member Profile of Hannah Holland-MoritzARCUS Member Profile of Hannah Holland-MoritzARCUS Community Member Profiles highlight our individual members and member representatives. They are short, easy-to-read profiles to help the ARCUS community get to know one another and support connections across disciplines and perspectives. This article[…]
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20-05-2022
Springtime at the Arctic Data Center ....Springtime at the Arctic Data CenterSpringtime at the Arctic Data CenterBy: Natasha Haycock-Chavez, Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Arctic Data CenterThere's something special about the springtime in the Arctic. Along the coast, more open water appears and the floe edge (where the open water meets[…]
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18-05-2022
Arctic Research Community Survey ....Arctic Research Community Survey18 May 2022The Arctic Data Center, the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC), and ARCUS are jointly conducting a survey of the Arctic research community to develop a better understanding of the networks, forums, resources, tools, workshops, and trainings that[…]
Politics & Society
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24-05-2022
South Korean yard cancels order on Russi ....South Korean yard cancels order on Russian Arctic tankerThe carrier is the first in a series of three vessels ordered by Russian shipping company Sovcomflot.In a stock exchange filing, South Korean shipbuilder informs that the customer has failed to make an installment payment on a contract that it[…]
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24-05-2022
Russia outlines militarization of fishin ....Russia outlines militarization of fishing fleet and icebreakers“The revisions of the Marine Doctrine take into account changes in the geopolitical and military-strategical world situation,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov underlined in a meeting in the government Marine Board this week.The update of the strategic planning document[…]
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23-05-2022
The "North Pole" starts sea tr ....The "North Pole" starts sea trialsThere was celebration on the waterfront of St.Petersburg as the Admiralty Yard this week officially started sea trials of the Severny Polyus (North Pole), the 83 meter long vessel built for unique Arctic research missions.“There is no other vessel in the[…]
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23-05-2022
Oil leakage in new dock built to repair ....Oil leakage in new dock built to repair Russia's ill-fated carrierOrigin of the oil is unreported, but there are no other vessels in the dock. The aircraft carrier was moved on Friday, from the shipyard’s northern pier near Atomflot icebreaker base into the new dock, a distance of about a[…]
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23-05-2022
UN chief announces renewable energy init ....UN chief announces renewable energy initiative at WMO climate report launchA new, ambitious five-point plan to jump-start the transition to renewable energy – the “low-hanging fruit” of climate action – was announced by UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of WMO’s State of the Global Climate 2021 report.
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23-05-2022
Four key climate change indicators break ....Four key climate change indicators break records in 2021Geneva, 18 May 2022 (WMO) - Four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set new records in 2021.
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23-05-2022
Arctic Circle Webcast Sessions: Conserva ....Arctic Circle Webcast Sessions: Conservation of Arctic Marine LifeA discussion on arctic marine conservation cooperation will be held on May 24th, 3 PM GMT by the Arctic Circle and Co-hosted by the WWF Arctic Programme.
Resources
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28-04-2022
Communiqué from Boliden's An ....Communiqué from Boliden's Annual General MeetingBoliden’s Annual General Meeting was held on April 28, 2022, live in Skellefteå and through postal voting.Board and new ChairmanKarl-Henrik Sundström was elected as new Chairman of the Board, to succeed Anders Ullberg who, after 16 ½ years as Chairman, de...
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28-04-2022
Boliden's first quarter: High metal ....Boliden's first quarter: High metal prices but substantial cost inflation“A strong quarter, with metal prices that remained high. Production was in general good with increased milled volumes at our mines and stable production at our smelters,” says Mikael Staffas, President and CEO. The operating profit at Boliden Mines...
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28-04-2022
Q1 Interim Report 2022 ....Q1 Interim Report 2022Q1 2022Revenues totaled SEK 21,812 m (17,083) The operating profit totaled SEK 5,038 m (2,779)The operating profit, excluding revaluation of process inventory, totaled SEK 4,466 m (2,449)Free cash flow was SEK 674 m (2,165)Earnings per share ...
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14-04-2022
Boliden signs a EUR 850 million revolvin ....Boliden signs a EUR 850 million revolving credit facilities agreement"This credit facility strengthens Boliden’s liquidity reserve at improved terms and increases our financial flexibility. Together with a strong balance sheet it supports Boliden’s continued investments in metals that are critical to the development of soc...
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11-04-2022
Invitation - Presentation of Q1 2022 Int ....Invitation - Presentation of Q1 2022 Interim ReportBoliden will announce its Interim Report for the first quarter 2022 on Thursday 28 April at 07.45 (CET). A press and analyst conference will be held on the same day at 09.30, which can be followed via webcast and telephone.The[…]
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11-04-2022
Decision to adjust dam construction in A ....Decision to adjust dam construction in Aitik Ongoing geotechnical investigations in Aitik show the need to eventually change to a new dam construction method to ensure long-term disposal of tailings. In addition, there is a need to strengthen the current dam construction to meet the best internatio...
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22-03-2022
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting ....Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Boliden AB (publ)The shareholders of Boliden AB (publ) (company registration number 556051-4142) are summoned to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 1 p.m. (CET). The Annual General Meeting will be held at Sara kulturhus in[…]
