Nature: Climate change researchers and the agencies that fund their work should do more to cut the community's carbon footprint, says an atmospheric chemist who has calculated the carbon emissions of his colleagues. Andreas Stohl examined all the work-related emissions of his fellow researchers at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He found that travel alone led scientists at the institute to contribute 3.9 to 5.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide to the ...
Polaråret - 19.11.08 Skrevet av Kristen Ulstein, Kommunikasjonsrådgiver I dag åpner Arktisk Råd sitt møte for senior officials i Guovdageaidnu. Alt er fullbooket når bygda tar imot 200 gjester fra 13 land for et todagers møte. Global oppvarming, Anders Oskal, Kristen Ulstein, Jonas Gahr Støre
GUOVDAGEAIDNU -- I´d like to take the short time allocated to me here to remind all of us that the partnership between Arctic governments and Indigenous Peoples is strong, unique, and fruitful, said Patricia A.L. Cochran, Chair of Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat and Chair of Inuit Circumpolar Council.
Bloomberg: Global temperatures last month were the second-warmest since recordkeeping began while Arctic sea ice fell to its third-lowest level, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
The new EU Communication on the Arctic highlights the need for enhanced international cooperation in the Arctic. However, the paper hardly mentions Russia, the by far biggest of the union’s Arctic neighbours.
NRK Troms og Finnmark - 2 dager siden Reindrifta er positiv til å bruke vekt på rein som indikator for å regulere reintallet. Landbruksdepartementet vil ta i bruk nye metoder for å regulere reintallet, og reindrifta selv er positiv. I dag er det nærmere 30 tusen rein for mye bare i... Nils Mathis
Svalbardposten - 2 dager siden Av Torill Ustad Stav, Sysselmannen ble søndag nødt til å avlive et reinsdyr som hadde fått geviret tullet inn i vaier. Torill Ustad Stav, Jill Gaustad