Posts Tagged ‘climate’
Unalakleet Indigenous Knowledge Database Released
Arctic PASSION proudly announces the launch of the Unalakleet Climate Events Database, a groundbreaking resource now available on ArcticSeas.org, presenting over two decades of Indigenous-led observations, oral histories, and scientific insights, co-created alongside Unalakleet’s co-researchers with their full consent. It spotlights two keystone species—Pacific salmon and caribou—as living indicators of environmental change, providing a multilayered…
Read MoreA New Database Of British Columbia’s Indigenous Knowledge Of Climate, Ecological, And Cultural Events
Arctic PASSION is launching a new database with Tahltan climate event observations, which helps us to understand ongoing changes in the Arctic region. The event database is a tool to document and share significant cultural and environmental events within Tahltan Territory, an area over 90 thousand square km, an area larger than Hungary. As a…
Read MoreFinally, We Have The Technology To Observe Trends In Permafrost Landscape Change In The Arctic
Introducing ALEX, the Arctic Landscape EXplorer: A new map tool for monitoring pan-Arctic trends of permafrost landscape change Arendal, Norway / Potsdam, Germany – Permafrost (from ‘permanent’ and ‘frost’) is ground that continuously remains at or below 0° C for at least two consecutive years. Around 15% of the land surface in the Northern Hemisphere…
Read MoreFrom changing polar regions to policy responses – Strengthening EU and global climate preparedness
On January 24th 2024 the European Polar Board with assistance from the European Parliament Intergroup European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) on behalf of the EU funded projects OCEAN:ICE and Arctic PASSION hosted a hybrid event at the European Parliament to showcase the latest findings on how changes in the polar regions impact European climate, infrastructure and livelihoods. A policy brief ‘The Changing Poles: how…
Read MoreIntroducing Arctic PASSION’s Lake Ice Service
Kirsikka Heinilä , Senior research scientist at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) is developing Arctic PASSION’s Lake Ice Service, a web map service for Arctic climate and safety. The service is for everyone who needs information about lake ice conditions. For example, there are many people in Finland who need this information for safety reasons. They…
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