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Changes at the top of the world

29.09.2014
With the interdisciplinary Arctic Research Centre and a wide-ranging international collaboration, Aarhus University plays a central role in investigating the major environmental changes taking place in the Arctic.

Workshop kickstarts new Arctic initiative

25.09.2014
At the end of September, researchers from institutions in Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland will meet with authorities connected with the Arctic region. The meeting is the start of joint Danish efforts in Arctic research and education initiated by the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University.

Call for Abstracts Arctic Change 2014

04.09.2014

The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada and its national and international partners are welcoming the international Arctic research community to Ottawa for the International Arctic Change 2014 Conferenc

Carbon dynamics of the Arctic ocean – an element of the 2014 ArcticNet science expedition!

21.08.2014

Leg 1a of this year’s scientific cruise aboard CCGS Amundsen officially came to a close on July 24th with a science personnel swap in Resolute.

DNA analyses map arctic food webs

19.08.2014
Gene sequences are now used to describe the interactions between plants and animals in the arctic ecosystem and the role played by climate change.

Summer at the sea ice factory

18.08.2014
Far up north in the arctic ice 100 scientists and students are involved in a joint field investigation into how the interactions between snow, ice, sea and atmosphere in the Arctic impact the climate of the Earth.

Plumber in the world’s largest national park

05.08.2014
Mastering of details is necessary to describe an entire arctic ecosystem, including the amount of carbon flowing with the rivers to the nearby fjord and the number of greenhouse gases exchanged between soil and atmosphere.

Ice conditions detected by satellites

05.08.2014

During my time at the Daneborg research station, I conducted a geophysical characterization of the snow and sea ice as a tool for validating both optical and microwave satellite sensors.

When Avens bloom

27.07.2014

Biologists investigate which insects pollinate one of the most widespread plants in the Arctic and gain new insight into the interactions between the organisms of the arctic foodweb.

Life in a melt water pond

23.07.2014

Melt water ponds are formed when the sea ice start melting in the early summer and they disappear alongside the ice. A Ph.d. project is presently studying what impact these short-lasting ponds have on the global carbon budget.

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