News about Arctic

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).

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…

Greenland in Arctic Security Book Launch

On 7 March 2024, Forsvarskademiet (FAK), Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), and the University of Copenhagen held a book launch for the book Greenland in Artic Security: (De)securitization Dynamics under…

Ole Wæver, Marc Jacobsen and Ulrik Pram Gad have edited a new book about the Arctic

Together with Marc Jacobsen and Ulrik Pram Gad, Ole Wæver has edited the new book "Greenland in Arctic Security: (De)securitization Dynamics under Climatic Thaw and Geopolitical Freeze". The book has just been released…

New study reports that Greenland is a methane sink rather than a source

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland. The results of the new study contribut…

FutureArctivLives sender hørringssvar til forslag til Inatsisartutlov om fiskeri

Forslag til Inatsisartutlov om fiskeri forventes fremsat til behandling hos Inatsisartut til forårssamlingen i 2024. FutureArcticLives anbefaler udsættelse pga. en lang række problemer og uklarheder, der kan få store…

Del 1: De samfundsmæssige konsekvenser af individuelle omsættelige kvoter (IOK)

Det kystnære fiskeri af hellefisk er udfordret og har været det i årtier – men er IOK løsningen?

Del 2: De samfundsmæssige konsekvenser af individuelle omsættelige kvoter (IOK)

Det kystnære fiskeri af hellefisk er udfordret og har været det i årtier – men er IOK løsningen?

Call for Abstracts - Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability: Arctic Special Edition

The Climate Arctic Governance research network (CArGo) is organizing a special edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability with focus on the Arctic. The event will take place in a…

Pandemic ripples

Pandemic ripples Scrutinizing Arctic communities’ perspectives on COVID-19 and mental health – A case against damage-culture Daria Schwalbe, Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Culture and the Mind, Faculty of…

New CMS Report: The foreign and security policy development in the Arctic and North Atlantic

The significance of the Arctic has increased both globally and in Danish foreign and security policy. As a consequence, a number of challenges emerges for the Kingdom of Denmark - both now and in the future.

BBC Interview with Maria Pettersson

Maria Pettersson, partner in the FutureArcticLives project, in interview with BBC News about the plight of reindeer herders in the face of the Arctic industry boom.

15 December 2022: Arctic Politics Seminar with Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard (DIIS) and Lise Wiederholt Christensen (UCPH)

Arctic Politics Seminar with Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard (DIIS) and Lise Wiederholt Christensen (UCPH).

First local workshop and meet-up in Norway

“Biodiversity and well-being implications of climate change for coastal Saami in Northern Norway” in Porsanger, Norway.

17 November 2022: Arctic Politics Seminar with Astrid Nonbo Andersen (DIIS) and Malin Arvidsson Linköping University

Arctic Politics Seminar with Astrid Nonbo Andersen (DIIS) and Malin Arvidsson Linköping University.

Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming

An international team of research scientists, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has documented the central role of vegetation for Arctic warming for the first time. The new results allow us to make more…

Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming

An international team of research scientists, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has documented the central role of vegetation for Arctic warming for the first time. The new results allow us to make more…

World-class research into Greenland's oldest ice and the Universe's densest stars win very large EU grants

When was Greenland actually green? And how does the Universe make gold, platinum and uranium? Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have just received 11.4 million euro to answer these big questions. The…

Popular research station reopens in Greenland: Danish zoologist recognized the greenhouse effect at same site in 1904

For more than a century, Arctic climate research has been collected and stored at the University of Copenhagen's northernmost research station – the Arctic Station. Now, after a thorough renovation and modernisation, th…

5 May 2022: Arctic Politics Seminar with Lill Rastad Bjørst (AAU), Frank Sejersen (UCPH) and Kirsten Thisted (UCPH)

Arctic Politics Seminar with Lill Rastad Bjørst (AAU), Frank Sejersen (UCPH) and Kirsten Thisted (UCPH).