News about Arctic

Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales

Commercial whaling has left the bowhead whale vulnerable for many generations to come.

International postdoctoral grant to study Arctic human–animal relationships

PhD student Emma Vitale has been awarded an International Postdoctoral Grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate how traditional technologies have shaped relationships between humans and animals across…

Plants in Permafrost Get Unexpected Help as the Arctic Warms

A new climate warming experiment shows that mosses and their bacteria can supply Arctic plants with extra nitrogen as temperatures rise – helping ecosystems stay productive in a warming world.

Professor Benedikte Brincker awarded DFF grant for Arctic project on Greenlandic youths’ views on climate change

From 2026 and over a four-year period, Professor Benedikte Brincker from Department of Sociology will lead a research project examining how Greenlandic youths experience and perceive climate change. The project has just…

Important phenomenon discovered in the Arctic – could boost marine life

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered an important phenomenon beneath the Arctic sea ice that was previously thought impossible. This phenomenon could have implications for the food chain and the…

Samiske rensdyrholdere frygter rovdyr mere end klimaforandringer

Selvom klimaændringer påvirker rensdyrholdernes liv, frygter samiske rensdyrholdere i Norge og Sverige rovdyr, skovbrug og vindmøller endnu mere. De oplever øget pres på deres levevis og begrænsede muligheder for at…

Hybrid Threats in the North Atlantic: Challenges and recommendations for the Kingdom of Denmark

This policy paper explores how the changing international security situation gives rise to hybrid threats and associated security and defence governance challenges in the North Atlantic.

Research towards a more sustainable Arctic

Out of the ten impressive grants, two went to support interesting projects at the Department of Biology: Jing Tang received DKK 3,167,595 for the project: Arctic Cooling from Anthropogenic and Natural Emissions (ARCANE)…

Affolkningen truer små bygder - men der skal ikke meget til for at vende udviklingen

Jyllands-Posten bragte den 28. september en artikel, hvor FutureArcticLives' Kåre Hendriksen peger på, at politisk prioritering spiller en afgørende rolle i, om de grønlandske bygder udvikler sig eller affolkes.

Fisk betyder alt for Grønland. Nu kan en revolution vende op og ned på samfundet, true bygderne og skabe kvotekonger

Avisen Politiken bragte den 8. september en artikel, der gentager FutureArcticLives' advarsler om indførslen af individuelle overførbare kvoter i jollefiskeriet i Grønland.

Ice-wedge polygonal tundra with Riley Hughes

Riley Hughes is a visiting PhD student from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Quebec, who is doing a collaboration with VOLT on VOC production and fluxes on different water bodies in…

New podcast with Riikka Rinnan

New podcast with Riikka Rinnan VOLT's centerleder, Professor Riikka Rinnan, var for nylig inviteret til at deltage i en dansk podcast "Videnskab fra Vilde Hjerner", hvor hun diskuterede centerets formål samt…

Arctic Congress 2024: Increased connectivity and knowledge exchange

The annual Arctic Congress in Bodø, Norway, presented excellent opportunities for researchers, policymakers, businesses, and students to increase their connectivity and knowledge exchange on Arctic issues.

Romain Chuffart

Romain Chuffart is the Nansen Professor in Arctic Studies (2024 and 2025) at the University of Akureyri in Iceland where he specializes in the rights of Indigenous peoples, international human rights law, international…

Fiskeriloven kan skabe problemer for samfundet: I Alaska har man løsningen

Hvordan omstiller man Grønlands fiskeri, så det er godt for både dyr, mennesker og samfundet? Man kunne lade sig inspirere af Alaska, foreslår Rikke Becker Jacobsen, samarbejdspartner med FutureArcticLives.

Birgitte Hoffmann: Ny fiskerilov vil få konsekvenser for Grønlands mindre lokalsamfund og bygder

Det kan få langtrækkende virkninger at ændre på fiskeriet i Grønland, der ikke blot vil berøre den økonomiske sektor men også den sociale og kulturelle struktur.

Increased CO2 emissions from world’s tundra surprise researchers

As they warm, Arctic tundra environments will probably release 30% more CO2 than they do today – an increase that is nearly four times more than previously estimated. This is the conclusion of a large international stud…

New Nature paper: Tundra ecosystems breathe heavier with rising temperatures

New Nature paper: Tundra ecosystems breathe heavier with rising temperatures VOLT has contributed to a large international article that documents persistently increasing ecosystem respiration (release of CO2 from soil…

Matthew Hatton presents insights from StrathE2EPolar

FutureArcticLives monthly seminars revived with a presentation by Matthew Hatton on the insights from StrathE2EPolar - a strategic modelling tool for ecosystem-based fisheries management – focusing on West Greenland.

Scenarie for Royal Greenlands rejefabrik i Ilulissat

Avannaata Kommunia i Grønland har anmodet FutureArcticLives om at analysere hvilke konsekvenser forslaget til fiskerilovs potentielt kan have for rejeindhandlingen i Ilulissat.

CMS project HYBRINAT receives grant from Research Council, Faroe Islands

CMS Researcher, Tobias Liebetrau, has received a grant from the Faroese Research Council for the project Hybrid Threats in the North Atlantic (HYBRINAT).

Birger Poppel: Fiskeriloven handler om meget mere end fiskeri

FutureArcticLives' samfundsforsker Birger Poppel, der har beskæftiget sig med fiskeri i mere end 30 år, forklarer, at det er svært at få fiskeriloven på plads, fordi den handler om meget mere end fiskeri.

Analyse af Fiskerilov til Avannaata Kommunia

Forslag til ny fiskerilov vil få konsekvenser for beskæftigelsen og skatteindtjeningen fra hellefiskeriet i Avannaata Kommunia. Avannaata Kommunia har derfor bedt FutureArcticLives om at analysere konsekvenserne af, del…

FutureArcticLives fejlciteret i KNR

FutureArcticLives understreger, at forskergruppen på intet tidspunkt har sagt, at "fiskerolovforslaget var lige til at skylle ud i havet", som KNR skriver i en artikel fra januar 2024.