Updated Change Data Released In The Arctic Landscape Explorer (Alex)

A research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research posing in front of a small thaw slump near Kot

The change data provided by the Arctic Landscape EXplorer (ALEX) has been updated. In the latest version of the tool, users can now explore landscape changes between 2005 and 2024. The previous comparison period (2003 to 2022) remains available, enabling easy comparison between the two periods using the ‘fade’ function with the ‘difference’ blend mode.…

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Arctic Passion At The Eu Arctic Forum

Last week, Arctic PASSION took part in the EU Arctic Forum, Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue and Arctic Youth Dialogue held in Kittilä, Finland. The forum brought together Indigenous Peoples’ communities and local communities, youth representatives, researchers, stakeholders from across the Arctic and Europe. Left: Entrance to the Arctic Forum. Right: view from the conference centre. Photos by Lisa…

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First-Ever Inclusion Of Permafrost Measurement Best Practices In The Wmo Guide To Instruments And Methods Of Observation

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released Volume II of its Guide to Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO-No. 8): Measurement of Cryospheric Variables. For the first time, the guide features a dedicated chapter on Permafrost!   Co-authored by Anna Irgang from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), this milestone represents the culmination of a four-year writing…

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New Arctic PASSION datasets for improved Arctic shipping and research activities.

The Arctic is transforming rapidly, yet gathering reliable data observations remains a challenge and data observations in the Arctic are sparse. As a part of Arctic PASSION’s mission to establish an adaptive and more complete arctic observing system, our project partners have released new datasets that can help improve shipping and research activities in the Arctic. These…

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