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Over the past 30 years, polar bears have increasingly exchanged ringed seal with harp seal and hooded seal in their diet. This change exposes the polar bear to more contaminants, according to a recent international study.
Secretion of polysaccharides from the micro community living within the sea ice stick organism together and forms greater particles introducing a rapid transport of carbon to the seafloor. New research now makes it possible to forecast the importance for the global carbon budget of this transport.
The book is the result of a interdisciplinary and international cooperation among young and old hunters and academics from various areas, such as anthropologists, geographers and glaciologists. The driving forces behind the book are, to name a few, Shari Fox Gearheard from Canada, Henry Huntington, USA, Lene Kielsen Holm and Toku Oshima, Greenland.
Researchers from the DEFROST program and Greenland Climate Research Centre contribute to debate in the journal Nature on the potential economical costs of climate change in the Arctic. Focus is on the uncertainties associated with the consequences of permafrost thaw and subsequent possible increase in methane emissions
In 2100, a warmer climate will allow the growth of trees and bushes in large parts of Greenland that are currently ice-free. This will mean both risks and opportunities for the Greenlanders, according to a new analysis led by researchers from Aarhus University.
Mads C. Forchhammer's book "Zackenberg - on the edge of winter" contains fine art photography, revolving around Aarhus University's research station Zackenberg in Northeast Greenland. It offers a unique insight into the life of researchers and their field work in High Arctic.
Collaboration between universities spiced with industrial contributions awaits students at new course on environmental impacts of Arctic mineral resources exploitation (course number 11830).

The ASP is happy to announce it's first field school.

252 researchers have gathered knowledge of fauna and flora in the Arctic to be published in a new report this autumn. Already now the report creates debate on the action power of the Arctic Council.
This year’s marine studies in the Upernavik area on the west coast of Greenland has just been completed."Sanna", the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources' new research vessel, proved its worth as a versatile research vessel with capacity for interdisciplinary collaboration in both environmental and fisheries surveys.

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