| 10.03.08 |
March 12th, 2008 marks the third of the quarterly International Polar Days, this time focusing on the Changing Earth; Past and Present. IPY is already half way through and the first year brought increased activities in polar regions, including Svalbard, for many countries.
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| 10.03.08 |
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened today, receiving shipments of 100 million seeds that originated in over 100 countries.
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| 10.03.08 |
The Research Council of Norway, represented by the National Committee on Polar Research, is organising Polar Day 2008 on 14 May at the University of Tromsø.
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| 10.03.08 |
Blockbuster movies and even soft drink commercials have made our planet's polar regions and their inhabitants popular culture superstars. At the same time many people have either been confronted with what they believe to be climate change weather events, or find themselves wondering about how melting polar ice sheets and rising ocean temperatures might affect their lives in the future. Despite this onslaught of data, scientific discovery, drama and speculation, misconceptions about the polar regions and their importance abound.
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| 27.04.09 |
The Research Council is announcing funding for cooperation on polar research between Norway and the USA, and between Norway and Russia on Svalbard. The application deadline for both sub-programmes is 4 June 2009.
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| 18.06.09 |
We have received a total of 36 applications for funding to cooperation on polar research. The Research Council of Norway plans to notify the applicants of the outcome by the end of October.
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| 18.08.09 |
Five projects and consortia within the areas of tourism and hospitality and Arctic technology have been granted over NOK 200 million in funding under the Research Initiative for Northern Norway (NORDSATSING).
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| 25.11.09 |
Five Norwegian researchers discuss climate change and its ramifications for society from their different scientific perspectives. One thing these experts all agree upon is that people are largely responsible for the changes.
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| 29.01.10 |
In June the Research Council will be host to several thousand polar researchers from around the globe. The IPY Oslo Science Conference will comprise the largest gathering of polar researchers ever, and will provide a venue for summarising the initial findings from the International Polar Year.
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| 11.02.10 |
According to the Government-appointed Klima21 forum, Norwegian climate research needs a boost of NOK 1 billion by 2015, and the prime minister should establish a scientific advisory board on climate to facilitate dialogue between politicians and researchers.
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| 26.04.10 |
The Research Council of Norway is establishing a new research programme, Russia and International Relations in the Northern Areas (NORRUSS). The programme will focus on important research questions connected to Norway's relations with its giant neighbour in the north.
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| 27.04.10 |
The ice cover in the Arctic has decreased dramatically in recent years. Norwegian researchers have discovered that changes in air circulation patterns create winds that push away the ice.
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| 05.05.10 |
Back in the 1920s and 1930s, the Barents Sea was teeming with cod. That was before its waters substantially cooled off in the decades to follow. Now, with ocean temperatures higher once again, fishermen are seeing more fish.
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| 28.05.10 |
A new policy for Norwegian polar research was adopted in September 2009. Now an English version of the publication has been published, in time for the International Polar Science Conference in Oslo in June.
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| 31.05.10 |
Forest fires and straw and stubble burning in North America and Eastern Europe are leading to record-high concentrations of the environmental toxin PCB over Svalbard. As a result of climate change, airborne pollution is thus becoming an increasing problem in the Arctic.
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| 04.06.10 |
The Research Council of Norway will host the IPY Oslo Science Conference, which will be opened on Tuesday 8 June by HRH Crown Prince Haakon. More than 2,000 participants from 70 countries will attend.
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| 08.06.10 |
The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 was officially concluded about one year ago. In practice, though, the activities are just now wrapping up with the largest polar conference ever, to be held in Oslo on 8-12 June. The researchers' productivity and production have been enormous.
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| 11.06.10 |
As part of the International Polar Year (IPY) 150 seals have been working as research assistants in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Their efforts have resulted in the acquisition of large amounts of new data that until now researchers could only dream of obtaining.
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| 29.01.11 |
The Gulf Stream off Svalbard has not been this warm for 2 000 years, concludes a research group at the University of Tromsø in an article recently published in the journal Science.
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| 06.06.11 |
The Research Council of Norway has finalized its evaluation of the NARE (Norwegian Antarctic Research) 2011 call.
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| 07.06.11 |
The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research invites in cooperation with Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Nansen Scientific Society and UNIS to the summer school “Impact of climate change on resources, maritime transport and geopolitics in the Arctic and the Svalbard area.
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| 24.06.11 |
The final processing of the applications are now at the Norwegian Polar Institute.
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| 25.10.11 |
13. – 25. juli arrangeres SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Open Science Conferanse i Portland, Oregon. Årets tema er Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World. SCAR tar nå og fram til 15. februar 2012 imot abstracts.
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| 06.01.12 |
A simple video is now available which explains the Research Council of Norway’s grant application system and how applications are processed.
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| 09.01.12 |
The Norwegian Government will set aside NOK 13 million annually over the next three years to strengthen cooperation on international polar research. The funding will be administered by the Research Council of Norway in conjunction with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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| 15.06.12 |
Norwegian and Japanese space researchers recently convened together at a symposium in Oslo to discuss further cooperation in the polar regions.
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| 25.06.12 |
The Research Council of Norway has decided to allocate funding to four cooperation workshops and three projects, in total NOK 1,5 million from the Svalbard Science Forum strategic funds.
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| 02.07.12 |
The pressures on the Arctic region from climate change, pollution, increased accessibility and economic activity are rapidly growing. New knowledge is needed to be able to ensure integrated resource management in the region.
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| 06.07.12 |
Research on krill and ice sheets will give new strength to Norwegian activities in the Antarctic.
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| 09.11.12 |
The Research Council of Norway has granted 13 research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF centres) starting in 2013. The new centres will receive a total of more than NOK 2 billion over a ten-year period to produce world-class research.
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