{"id":26367,"date":"2020-10-21T14:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=26367"},"modified":"2020-11-05T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T15:14:01","slug":"iceland-an-integrated-part-of-the-arctic-%c2%b1-50-years-iceland-arctic-talk-ii","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/iceland-an-integrated-part-of-the-arctic-%c2%b1-50-years-iceland-arctic-talk-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Icelandic Arctic Talks II: Iceland, an integrated part of the Arctic: \u00b1 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe id=\"ls_embed_1603448913\" data-src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/14889744\/events\/9367304\/player?width=640&amp;height=360&amp;enableInfoAndActivity=true&amp;defaultDrawer=&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start lazyload\">\ufeff<\/span> <\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-embed_id=\"ls_embed_1603448913\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/assets\/plugins\/referrer_tracking.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Icelandic Arctic Talks II<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centre for Arctic Studies at the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network and the West Nordic Council in collaboration with the Nordic House, the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and the Arctic Circle have organized a series of online discussions, taking place in the fall of 2020, on key Arctic issues highlighted by the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The\u00a0<\/span><b><i>Icelandic Arctic talks\u00a0<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">build on the work and experience of Icelandic organizations and institutions on issues concerning societies, cooperation, health, and energy in the Arctic. Join us in the discussion!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Iceland, an integrated part of the Arctic: \u00b150 years<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second discussion of the Icelandic Arctic Talks, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iceland, an integrated part of the Arctic: \u00b150 years, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in collaboration with Rann\u00eds, will take place 5 November at 13:00-14:30 GMT.<br \/>\nLocation: Online.<br \/>\nThe event will take place in English.<br \/>\nYou can follow the discussion by watching the livestream on the top of this page, by watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/684189269173178?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22edit_dialog%22%7D]%7D\">livestream<\/a> in our Facebook-event, or you can register as a participant in the Zoom webinar by following <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_sg7EsW4LT36PwStEtPFoiw\">this link<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an island in the North Atlantic, between the cold temperate and Arctic climate zones, Iceland can in many ways be considered a canary in the coalmine for climate change effects. The aim of this discussion is to bring awareness to the diverse Arctic Circle community about the wide-ranging impact climate change has had on Iceland in the last 50 years and to make predictions for changes expected in the next 5 years.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The discussion will be<\/strong> in the form of six short lectures highlighting different effects of climate change in Iceland followed by an overview of Arctic research in Iceland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Past climatic changes in Iceland and outlook for the coming century.<br \/>\n&#8211;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dr. Halld\u00f3r Bj\u00f6rnsson\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Cryosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mass balance of Icelandic glaciers in the 20th and 21st century<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n&#8211; Prof. Gu\u00f0finna Th. A\u00f0algeirsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Large-scale changes and marine ecosystems around Iceland.<br \/>\n&#8211; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Hr\u00f6nn Egilsd\u00f3ttir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Land<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terrestrial ecosystems in Iceland, recent past, the present and predictions of the near future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n&#8211; Dr. Starri Hei\u00f0marsson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Freshwater<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Icelandic freshwater diversity in space and time<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n&#8211; Prof. Bjarni Kr. Krist\u00f3fersson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Humans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Reflections on Icelanders and Arctic Research in the Anthropocene.<br \/>\n&#8211; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Catherine Chambers and Dr. N\u00edels Einarsson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rann\u00eds &#8211; overview of Arctic research in Iceland<\/strong>, including international collaboration and funding opportunities for scientists focusing on the Arctic.<br \/>\n&#8211; Egill N\u00edelsson, Senior Advisor The Icelandic Centre for Research.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql\"><strong>Moderators:<\/strong> Dr. Anna H. \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir and Dr. J\u00f3n S. \u00d3lafsson<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Icelandic Arctic Talks II The Centre for Arctic Studies at the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network and the West Nordic Council in collaboration with the Nordic House, the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and the Arctic Circle have organized a series of online discussions, taking place in the fall of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26382,"template":"","event-categories":[7,92,99],"class_list":["post-26367","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-lecture","event-categories-livestream-en","event-categories-the-nordic-region-in-focus","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/26367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=26367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}