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15-08-2018 | Article
Rejsestipendier til Arctic Circle Assembly 2018
Styrelsen for Forskning og Uddannelse har åbnet for ansøgninger fra danske, grønlandske og færøske...
15-08-2018 | Article
Characterization of distinct Arctic aerosol accumulation modes and their sources
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In this work we use cluster analysis of long term particle size distribution data to...
15-08-2018 | Article
15 September: Closed for a bit …
… but not for long. Sorry everyone, but we’re having to stop the presses for a...
15-08-2018 | Article
Rejsestipendier til Arctic Circle Assembly 2018
Styrelsen for Forskning og Uddannelse har åbnet for ansøgninger fra danske, grønlandske og færøske...
15-08-2018 | Article
A Comparative Study on the Faecal Bacterial Community and Potential Zoonotic Bacteria of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway.
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Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) are ruminants adapted to a high-fibre diet. There is...
15-08-2018 | Article
Mandibular shape in farmed Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) exposed to persistent organic pollutants.
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We investigated if dietary exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) affect...
15-08-2018 | Article
Somateria mollissima) body condition and parasitic load during a mortality event in the Baltic Proper.
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During late spring of 2007 and 2015, we observed unusually high mortality of Common...
14-08-2018 | Article
Summer school 2018: “Effects of climate change on Arctic livelihoods and living conditions”
The course was interdisciplinary for students from different disciplines and at different levels (...
14-08-2018 | Article
Tax havens threaten oceans and rainforests
Most of the foreign money funding ocean plunder and the felling of the Amazon forest comes through...
13-08-2018 | Article
Geo-engineered crops may help – and harm
To cool the world and also boost plant growth, geo-engineered crops might do the trick. But if they...
10-08-2018 | Article
Climate strategy needs tailoring to poorest
Climate change presents a dilemma. Inaction means ultimate catastrophe. But before then an ill-...
09-08-2018 | Article
Soil microbes speed up global warming
They’re microscopic, but soil microbes play a massive role in the climate machinery. New...
08-08-2018 | Article
Australian rain proves fiercer than expected
As the world warms, the storm clouds gather. And Australian rain is now often of a ferocity and...
07-08-2018 | Article
Rediscovering lessons of adaptation from the past
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We argue that the deep time perspectives offered by historical disciplines, such as...
07-08-2018 | Article
Subpolar North Atlantic sea surface temperature since 6 ka BP: Indications of anomalous ocean-atmosphere interactions at 4-2 ka BP
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Atmospheric circulation may change with future climate change in response to modification...
07-08-2018 | Article
Are There Echoes of the AD 536 Event in the Viking Ragnarok Myth? A Critical Appraisal
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Recent scholarship suggests that the Nordic apocalypse, Ragnarok, can be linked...
07-08-2018 | Article
A low-cost remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with an optical positioning system for under-ice measurements and sampling
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Here we describe the design, performance and field tests of a lightweight (13.1 kg), low-...
07-08-2018 | Article
Hothouse Earth could soon be unavoidable
Researchers say the world may be approaching a tipping point, followed by a dangerous slide towards...
06-08-2018 | Article
Growing risk of extreme heat and humidity
Hazards multiply when extreme heat and humidity join in lethal combination. Scientists now know...
03-08-2018 | Article
Human activity leaves diminished oceans
Humankind has already disturbed or degraded six-sevenths of the blue planet, with diminished oceans...
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| Title | Org. name | Type of project |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 MarineGreen cruise in Disko Bay, West Greenland | University of Copenhagen | Marine Research |
| Seasonal Occurrence of marine mammals based on Passive Acoustic Monitoring | Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) | Marine Research |
| Upernavik - photogrammetric mapping | Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) | Geoscience |
| FIELD SURVEY FOR DRINKING WATER FROM MELTWATER RIVERS | Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) | Ice sheet & glaciers |
| RV SANNA CRUICE 9 - Nuuk Fjord and Ameralik - Greenland halibut, shrimp and cod trawl survey | Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) | Marine ecosystems |
| Title | Registration deadline | Field of study | ECTS points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Ice Ecology | 15 Oct 2018 | Natural science | 5 |
| Climate Forcing, Effects and Adaptations in Arctic | 15 Oct 2018 | Natural science | 10 |
| Arctic Aquatic Ecosystems | 15 Oct 2018 | Natural science | 15 |
| Environmental governance in Arctic: Policy processes and economic dimension | 15 Aug 2018 | Applied sciences | 10 |
| Introduction to Physical Hydrology | 23 Aug 2018 | Natural science | 3 Credit Hours (Canadian) |