The three Horizon 2020 projects ECOTIP, CHARTER and FACE-IT, together with the EU Polar Cluster, warmly invite you to attend a joint event in Brussels during the afternoon of Wednesday March 15th, 2023. This will also be a hybrid event if you are unable to join in person. What is this event about and why are we holding it?
Global warming is changing the Arctic by causing permafrost thaw, glacier melt, droughts, fires and changes in vegetation. These developments are strongly linked to the energy exchange between land and the atmosphere. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now shown that different plant communities in the tundra play a key role in this energy exchange but are not taken
Dr. Mariana García Criado has had a northward trajectory since she finished her studies in the south of Spain. From there followed a Masters degree in the UK, followed by a 4-year stint at the IUCN in Brussels, where among other tasks became a Red List certified trainer with expertise on the assessment of species’ extinction risk. After, this she
Normally when one hears the term ‘artificial intelligence’, or deep neural networks, one might think of the technology giants and their ability to crunch immense amounts of data through our personal browsing habits so that they can build profiles of us in order to shill more content and product our way. But artificial intelligence (AI) is a multi-faceted hydra, one
In Finland, where the CHARTER project office is based, we get started on summer pretty early. Winter is long, so you can hardly blame us! Come early August, when most of the rest of Europe is in full summer mode, many folks here are already gearing back up in work and schools are underway. Long way of saying that we
CHARTER project coordinator and researcher Sirpa Rasmus has been busy lately. She is currently in Inari, northern Finland where she ran a workshop for CHARTER and POVAUS (“Adaptation of reindeer husbandry to unexpected and uncommon conditions” a project run by LUKE that shares many cross cutting themes with CHARTER, but solely with a Finnish focus). Sirpa took with her a
A new CHARTER publication has landed! Titled “Reindeer herding statistics in Russia: issues of reliability, interpretation, and political effect, the paper is authored by Kirill V. Istomin , Roza I. Laptander and Joachim Otto Habeck. The paper is published in the journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. From the abstact: Official reindeer herding statistics are an invaluable source of data
Nyt Lapin yliopiston Arktinen keskus, Ilmatieteen laitos ja Suomen ympäristökeskus (SYKE) tiivistävät yhteistyötään lumeen liittyvien kansalaishavaintojen keräämisessä. Havaintoja voidaan hyödyntää entistä paremmin, kun tiedot tallentuvat yhteen tietokantaan. Kansalaishavainnot täydentävät tutkijoiden seuranta-aineistoja ja antavat havaitsijalle itselleen mahdollisuuden seurata oman alueensa tilannetta ja pitkän ajan kehitystä. Paikalliset elinkeinonharjoittajat ja elinkeinojen hallintoväki voivat myös käyttää näitä havaintoja. Kokemuksia uudesta verkkopalvelusta olisi hyvä saada jo tältä keväältä. Onhan
Longer daylight hours and milder temperatures means optimal snow covered fieldwork time. A number of CHARTER project reseachers are undertaking fieldwork periods this week. Temperatures are mild at this time of year in northern Scandinavia, currently in the -8 to +2 degrees range during the day and -15 to -8 overnight. The melting and refreezing of the snow surface makes
We are pleased to let you know that the 2nd CHARTER project newsletter is now out. You can read it here on this website, or read and subscribe to the newsletter, as well as read the previous newsletter from this page. Recent events have meant that all future field work in Russia has been cancelled, which has meant for an
