ESRI is the largest geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping organisation in the world. It’s a global GIS behemoth! So it was very nice to see that they highlighted on their Storyscape blog: “The science — and joy — of snow and ice | December 2024” CHARTER supported work. Both Jeff Kerby (who addressed the ESRI plenary
The holiday season in many countries means a large family dinner, and in the ‘anglosphere’ this often means eating a large turkey. In Finnish Lapland, it would be far more common for folks to sit around a large piece of reindeer (Santa’s reindeer notwithstanding). Of course, we happily live in a world where there are all kinds of dishes that
The CHARTER project is winding down, but we are still busy! Our final meeting wrapped up a few weeks ago, and during it, a large format poster exhibit that outlined the goals, field work and results from the CHARTER project over the last 4 years was formally opened. The exhibit is now hanging in the Arktikum Science Museum and will
The 3rd World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland, recently wrapped up and was attended by around 800 participants. The event covered diverse topics and discussions on the future of biodiversity, emphasising marine conservation, freshwater biodiversity, and climate change impacts. And there was an Arctic focussed event this time around thanks to an intensive organising stint by CHARTER folks Professor Gabriela Schaepman-Strub and
Excellent overview article by Ed Struzik on the phenomena known as ‘Rain on Snow’ in the Yale Environment360 and the AGU EOS online magazines. The article features an interview with the project leader of the Arctic Rain on Snow Study (AROSS), a project which shares several researchers and themes with the CHARTER project. CHARTER folks engaged in the AROSS project
Congratulations to Philip Burgess and Irina Wang! Their StoryMap ‘When Rains Fell in Winter‘ has been nominated as a finalist for the 2023 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition, which focuses on the restoration and conservation of the earth’s lands and waters. The competition is organised by Esri and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The winner will be announced at
The CHARTER project in collaboration with two other projects, POVAUS and CLIMINI have held numerous workshops across Finnish Lapland, and also in northern Sweden. These workshops are held local people, often folks practicing traditional livelihoods such as herding and fishers with researchers, and administrators. The workshops have taken different formats and had varying themes as their focal point. A workshop
Our 4th Newsletter has just dropped, and we cover the latest project news, our newest publications, give thanks to Fulbright scholar Irina Wang who spent a year assisting us communicating our goals with illustrative tools and images, as well as working on her own research goals. Finally, an important reminder that mosquitoes are coming. One particular project Irina invested a
A decade ago, heavy winter rains washed over the Yamal Peninsula in Northwest Russia, killing 60,000 reindeer and ruining livelihoods. Philip Burgess and Irina Wang have created a StoryMap that tells the story of Tokcha Khudi. Tokcha is a Nenets reindeer herder who, along with his family, has herded reindeer across the tundra of the Yamal peninsula his entire life
