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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Policy support for the Arctic Science Funders Forum

Arctic PASSION held a workshop with the Arctic Science Funders Forum in January 2025 focusing on challenges and possibilities for a sustainable pan-Arctic Observing System of Systems (pan-AOSS) from a funder’s perspective. In this frame, 10 recommendations towards a sustained pan-AOSS were formulated by the project. The key themes are:  You can read the detailed…

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Wildfires And Air Quality Forecasting – Services Features & Users

Arctic PASSION Online Seminar & Dialogue: “Wildfires and Air Quality Forecasting – Services Features & Users’ Feedbacks” Arctic PASSION develops Arctic services to meet the informational needs of Arctic society. Two of our services target the distribution of information about wildfires (INFRA) and air quality (AURORAE). This online meeting is meant to initiate a dialogue…

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Arctic Passion At Arctic Frontiers 2025

We’re looking forward to participating in “Arctic Frontiers 2025: Beyond Borders” in Tromsø, Norway from January 27th – 30th. Here is an overview of Arctic PASSION-related sessions where you can interact with us and learn more about the project and our latest, exciting results. Monday, January 27th  Tuesday, January 28th  Wednesday, January 29th  Thursday, January…

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Alizée Le Moigne – My Sharing Circle Ambassador Project

This is an Ambassador project of the Sharing Circle participant Alizée Le Moigne formerly working at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, now at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Québec, Canada. In April, I have held a little seminar with about 15 researchers from my university (University of Zurich), from various fields like…

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