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State of the Environment

Conferences
Below you find a list of relevant conferences in 2010.

24 - 29 January 2010: Living in the High North (Arctic Frontiers). Tromsø, Norway

Policy section: 25–26 January 2010

  • Session I: Changes in strategies for the Arctic
  • Session II: Sustainable communities in the Arctic
  • Plenary discussion: COP15 is history, what now?

Science section: 27–29 January 2010

The science section is divided into four parallel sessions:

  • Part I: Ice and climate, including paleo climate
  • Part II: Sustainable communities in the High North; economy, well-being including health issues, and self-governance
  • Part III: Marine Biodiversity under change
  • Part IV: Frontiers in E-learning of the High North
Link to web site here

 

 

31 May - 4 June 2010: International symposium on sea ice in the physical and biogeochemical system in Tromsø, Norway.

Topics:
  • Sea ice in the regional and global climate system
  • The role of sea ice in Polar ecosystems
  • Physical properties of sea ice
  • Sea ice thickness, drift and large-scale circulation
  • Snow on sea ice
  • Social, economic and political importance of sea ice
  • Sea ice research beyond the IPY

Link to web site here

Published: 02.2009
Last modified: 07.01.2010



 




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