More than forty years after the first initiatives were taken to ban the use of PCBs, the chemical pollutants remain a deadly threat to animals at the top of the food chain. A new study, just published in the journal Science, shows that the current concentrations of PCBs can lead to the disappearance of half of the world’s populations of killer whales from the most heavily contaminated areas within a period of just 30-50 years.

Den arktiske tundras lavt voksende buske og græsarter er på vej til at blive overskygget af højere plantearter, som spreder sig ind over tundraen. Tun-draplanternes gennemsnitshøjde er generelt steget i takt med stigende temperaturer de sidste tre årtier. Det kan være med til at sætte ekstra fart i den globale opvarmning.

New publication by Daniel Frazier Carlson and Søren Rysgaard

New publication by Frank Farsø Riget, Anders Mosbech, David Boertmann, Susse Wegeberg, Flemming Ravn Merkel, Peter Aastrup. Tom Christensen, Fernando Ugarte, Rasmus Berg Hedeholm, and Janne Fritt-Rasmussen

New publication by Christian Sonne, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, and Rune Dietz

ISAAFFIK Arctic Gateway version 4 is now implemented and ready for you to use.

New publication by Sarah B. Ørberg, Dorte Krause-Jensen, Kim N. Mouritsen, Birgit Olesen, Núria Marbà, Martin H. Larsen, Martin E. Blicher and Mikael K. Sejr

New publication by Jennifer Bourque, Rune Dietz, Christian Sonne, Judy St. Leger, Sara Iverson, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Martin Hansen, and Melissa A. McKinney.

Five courses focusing on Arctic Climate and Society are offered in Nuuk, Greenland during the spring semester.

New publication by Marina Sanz-Martín, Melissa Chierici, Elena Mesa, Paloma Carrillo-de-Albornoz, Antonio Delgado-Huertas, Susana Agustí, Marit Reigstad, Svein Kristiansen, Paul F. J. Wassmann and Carlos M. Duarte.

New publication by S.B. Ørberg, D. Krause-Jensen, L. Meire, and M.K. Sejr.

AIAS Former Fellow Toke T. Høye guest-editor of ‘Polar Biology’ Special Issue on the Ecology of Tundra Arthropods.

New publication by Astrid Strunk, Nicolaj K. Larsen Andreas Nilsson, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz, Laura B. Levy, Jesper Olsen, and Torben L. Lauridsen

New publication by Anamarija Zagar, Martin Holmstrup, Tatjana Simcic, Barabara Debeljak, and Stine Slotsbo

New publication by Rune Dietz, Jean-Pierre Desforges, Kim Gustavson, Frank F. Riget, Erik W. Born, Robert J. Letcher, and Christian Sonne