Arctic Observing Summit’s 2022 Recommendations And Call To Action

Arctic PASSION partners involved in the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) 2022 have released a Call for Action including 6 recommendations.  Arctic PASSION partners Maribeth Murray of the Arctic Institute of North America and Gosia Smieszek of the University of Tromsø jointly published the 2022 ‘Call for Action’ along with six recommendations together with Alice Bradley…

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New Fact Sheet On The Eu’S Role In The Arctic

The EU has been actively involved in the Arctic Science Ministerial Meetings since 2016

Did you ever want to know which role the EU plays in the Arctic? Which measures it promotes and by which goals and strategies they are driven? Which influence it could have on your own research possibilities? The German Arctic Office’s new fact sheet on the EU’s role in the Arctic answers all these questions.…

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Dr. Josefine Lenz Awarded For Science Communication On Permafrost

Dr. Josefine Lenz receiving the 2022 WISPoP prize for Science Communication

Dr. Josefine Lenz from the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam has won the WISPoP – Potsdam Prize for Science Communication for the project “Permafrost in Transition”. The 1500 euro prize was awarded by the proWissen Potsdam association and the Potsdam Research Network Foundation. Josefine leads the Permafrost in Transition project, an outreach project aiming to…

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Improving Data Interoperability In The Arctic

Øystein Godøy on Svalbard.

With new monitoring technologies and growing networks of observing systems, the amount of data is increasing rapidly. For the users, it is challenging to analyse data from different sources, and the amount of data in different formats can become overwhelming.  As a result, data are still not efficiently used to provide scientific information and knowledge…

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Supporting Data-Driven Decision-Making At The Local And Regional Level In The Arctic

Earlier this summer, 26 scientists, experts and local, regional and national decision-makers met in an online workshop to identify key issues in linking pan-Arctic observing systems with the needs and responsibilities of subnational authorities and agencies. The scoping Workshop on Data-driven subnational decision-making in the Arctic was organized by the University of Lapland on June 8,…

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Arctic PASSION’s work on Shared Arctic Variables (SAVs)

Shared Arctic Variables are co-defined taking into account global, regional, indigenous and local voices and interests, hence the ”shared” in their name. Ideally the point is to share knowledge and identify gaps and needs, from all mentioned perspectives, to better our understanding of variety of Arctic themes ranging f.ex. from Wildfire to Sea Ice and…

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