MARCH, 2006
02.03.06 Joint Russian-Norwegian AARI/NPI
''FRAM'' Arctic Climate Research Laboratory
Fellowship Program Final Meeting,
Tromso, Norway.
The additional information can be found here
02.03.06 Research Seminar: Norwegian-Russian collaboration in Svalbard
9-10 March 2006 at the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromso, Norway
additional information can be found here
15.03.06 Presentations made by the grantees at the joint Russian-Norwegian AARI/NPI "Fram" Arctic Climate Research Laboratory Final Meeting, held in Tromso, Norway, March, 2006 are now available
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!
23.03.06 World Meteorological Day 2006
World Meteorological Day will be celebrated on 23 March 2006 by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) throughout the world and by the WMO Secretariat around the theme "Preventing and mitigating natural disasters".
22.03.06 Both Norwegian and Russian researchers confirm that this winter is the warmest ever in the Barents Sea
21.03.06 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research
20.03.06 Arctic Summit Science Week (ASSW) 2006
22-29 March 2006, Potsdam, Germany.
Early Registration Deadline: Tuesday, 28 February 2006
The purpose of the ASSW is to provide opportunities for coordination, collaboration, and cooperation in all areas of arctic science, and to
combine science and management meetings, thus saving on travel and time.
20.03.06 Nikolay Spassky, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Counsil, will visit Norwegian archipelago of Spitzbergen to discuss issues of industrial activity and cooperation with Norwegian authorities, the Counsil press service reports. Possibilities for industrial activity at Spitzbergen were hampered after Norway adopted Law on Environment Protection in 2002.
16.03.06 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme - deadline 1st April, 2006
The University of Alaska is pleased to offer 10 postdoctoral fellowships, starting during academic year 06-07, for a period of up to three years to cover the time frame of the fourth International Polar Year plus analysis and publication of results....
29.03.06 Positions Available
Arctic Biosphere Atmosphere Coupling at Multiple Scales (ABACUS)
Application Deadline: Friday, 14 April 2006
For further information, please go to:
http://www.abacus-ipy.org/
30.03.06 Website map is now available for faster and more comfortable navigation through the "Fram" pages. Link location to the map is at the Home page
APRIL, 2006
06.04.06 Rapid Climate Change International Science Conference
24 - 27 October 2006. Birmingham, U.K.
Some models predict that rapid (decadal-scale) climate change could occur under the scenario of global warming that is likely to happen over the next century. The Atlantic Ocean's thermohaline circulation (THC) is thought to have played a key role in rapid changes in the past and to have the potential to do so in the future, although other processes may also cause rapid climate change to occur. This conference will explore the scientific understanding of rapid climate change, with a main but not exclusive focus on the role of the THC in such change.
12.04.06 Workshop on Arctic weather extremes 2006
Our plans to hold a workshop here in Bergen 19-20 June 2006 have recently been finalised. The main objective is to form working groups leading up to the International Polar Year (IPY) and after.
14.04.06 Courses Available at Climate Impacts Research Centre in Sweden
Abisko, Sweden – Umea University’s Cimiate Impacts Research Centre has university courses available in the area of alpine research.
The courses are as follows:
Alpine ecosystems: 15 etct credits starting c. 20 of April each year (English).
Alpine botany: 7.5 ETCT credits starting c. 25 of June each year (only in
Swedish)
Alpine geoecology: 15 ETCT credits starting c. 25 of August each year (English).
Masters project: 30 ETCT credits available all year round.
19.04.06
NATO-ASI and Eur-Oceans will be conducting a Summer School entitled
"Climate Changes impact on marine ecosystems"
in Ankara, Turkey, from 14. - 26 August 2006, for which funding for students is available on application (Deadline 15. May).
For more information please see the Website at
