May 2 2007
Scientists aboard KV Svalbard have made several interesting observations.
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May 3 2007 Putin suggests creating national Arctic council
President Vladimir Putin called for creating a national Arctic council for ensuring Russia’s interests in the Arctic.
“We need a body that will coordinate work in this area,” Putin said at a joint meeting of the presidium of the State Council and the Naval Board in Murmansk on Wednesday.
“We could think about creating a national Arctic council under the chairmanship of the head of the Russian government,” Putin said.
May 4 2007 Russians to open museum on North Pole
A Russian expedition is heading towards the North Pole to erect an exhibition dedicated to three Russian Polar explorers. The exhibition is to display and popularize the history of Arctic conquering, as well as contemporary Polar studies and Russia’s role in international cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctica, the expedition organisers say.
May 4 2007 Russians to open museum on North Pole
A Russian expedition is heading towards the North Pole to erect an exhibition dedicated to three Russian Polar explorers. The exhibition is to display and popularize the history of Arctic conquering, as well as contemporary Polar studies and Russia’s role in international cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctica, the expedition organisers say.
May 7 2007 A Russian Arctic Council in the forming
Governor of Murmansk Oblast, Yuri Yevdokimov, today said that the proposed Russian national Arctic Council should have members of the federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Defence Ministry and the FSB. The council will become instrumental in the formation of Russian High North policies, the governor stressed.
May 8 2007 Fifteenth World Meteorological Congress
Geneva, 7-25 May 2007
Fifteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-XV) is taking place at
the Geneva International Conference Centre.
On the agenda today:
• Report by the Secretary-General
• Reports of the president of regional associations
• Questions concerning the Convention
• Evolution of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and
WMO
• WMO Strategic Plan 2008-2011 and beyondention
• Financial matters
May 7 2007 First results from the iAOOS cruise in the Fram Strait
Researchers that participated on the iAOOS (integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System) cruise in the Fram Strait presented their first results to the public
May 7 2007 A Russian Arctic Council in the forming
Governor of Murmansk Oblast, Yuri Yevdokimov, today said that the proposed Russian national Arctic Council should have members of the federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Defence Ministry and the FSB. The council will become instrumental in the formation of Russian High North policies, the governor stressed.
May 8 2007 Fifteenth World Meteorological Congress
Geneva, 7-25 May 2007
Fifteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-XV) is taking place at
the Geneva International Conference Centre.
On the agenda today:
• Report by the Secretary-General
• Reports of the president of regional associations
• Questions concerning the Convention
• Evolution of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and
WMO
• WMO Strategic Plan 2008-2011 and beyondention
• Financial matters
May 10, 2007 Melting of Greenland Ice Cap Could Have Significant Impact on Climate Change
According to two new international studies sporadic melting episodes of the relatively small British Ice Sheet during the last ice age were suffiscient to cause a significant decrease of the Gulf Stream which throwed the North Atlantic region in a period of glacial cold. With regard to these observations, today's melting of the much bigger Greenland ice cap might have important consequences.
May 14, 2007 Portugal and the IPY: the first two months!
Portugal has been very active since the beginning of International Polar Year.
The Portuguese IPY launch was on the 28th February 2007 in Lisbon, at the Knowleddge Pavillion – Ciencia Viva, a major science centre. This day had the presence of the Minister of Science Mariano Gago, the President of the Foundation of Science and Technology Joao Sentieiro and two international guest speakers from United States (Prof. James Brockheim, University of Wisconsin) and United Kingdom (Dr. Inigo Everson; Anglia Polytechnic University).
May 16 2007 Scientists Back Off Theory of a Colder Europe in a Warming World
OSLO — Mainstream climatologists who have feared that global warming could have the paradoxical effect of cooling northwestern Europe or even plunging it into a small ice age have stopped worrying about that particular disaster, although it retains a vivid hold on the public imagination.
The idea, which held climate theorists in its icy grip for years, was that the North Atlantic Current, an extension of the Gulf Stream that cuts northeast across the Atlantic Ocean to bathe the high latitudes of Europe with warmish equatorial water, could shut down in a greenhouse world.
May 30 2007 Norway plans building of new research vessel
Norwegian research environments have joint forces in a bid for the construction of a new advanced research vessel. The vessel, which will have a price tag of about 500 million NOK (63 million EUR), will be able to operate in polar ice and be vital for enhanced marine research, as well as research on oil and gas resources and environment and climate.
May 28 2007 The research ship, Polarstern leaves Bremerhaven for its 22nd Arctic expedition with a new shine, to begin its first work in the International polar year
The research vessel, Polarstern leaves Bremerhaven for its 22nd Arctic expedition with a new shine, to begin its first work in the International polar year.
Bremerhaven, 24 May 2007. With a new coat of paint, thorough ship inspection, and sailing under the flag of the Helmholtz Association, Polarstern begins to make its way toward the north on May 29. The flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), is initially heading to Northern Norway and then on to Spitsbergen during its 22nd Arctic expedition. One of the scientific priorities is the European project HERMES (Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins Of European Seas), in which the ecological ecosystems of the deep sea will be investigated. The manned underwater craft, JAGO, belonging to the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM GEOMAR from Kiel and the remote-controlled underwater craft QUEST from the MARUM of the University of Bremen are all planning to be used.
May 28 2007
German-Korean collaboration in Polar and Marine research will be intensified
Korean and German research institutes would like to increase their collaboration in the area of Polar and Marine research. In order to achieve this, scientists from both countries are coming together for a meeting in Bremerhaven from 22nd-25th May. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine research (a member of the Helmholtz Association) is the host.
During a small celebration, Prof. Dr. Jörn Thiede, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute will sign a cooperation agreement with three Korean partner institutes.
May 23 2007 Russia celebrates 70 years in the Arctic
Russian polar researchers today celebrate the 70-years anniversary of the first Russian drifting research station in the Arctic. In 1937, a team of Soviet researchers first established a drifting research station near the North Pole, an expedition which over nine months drifted more than 2000 km.
