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UN Ocean Decade endorses Arctic Reflections
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We are pleased to share that Arctic Reflections has been chosen to lead the UN Ocean Decade’s Arctic Sea Ice Restoration Project. This endorsement validates our progress to date. As the lead institution for this project, we will work with other GEOS (Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions) projects and the GEOS program lead, Ocean Visions, to…
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Our field test at Svalbard with UNIS and Delft University
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Arrival Mid-April, we arrived in Svalbard, for our field test at the Vallunden lake near Svea, an old coal mine. This is part of our collaboration with UNIS (The University Centre in Svalbard) and Delft University. The joint team consisted of Aleksey Shestov of UNIS, Hayo Hendrikse, Tim Hammer, Laura van Dijke of Delft University,…
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First field trip to the Arctic
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Mid-January, it was finally time to go to the Arctic. Fonger accompanied an expedition organized by Real Ice, a UK initiative with a similar mission as Arctic Reflections, and with the Cambridge Center for Climate Repair. This proved to be a valuable trip! The aim to come along was twofold. On the one hand, to…
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UNIIQ announces investment in Arctic Reflections
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Proof-of-concept fund UNIIQ has invested €350,000 in the Delft-based startup Arctic Reflections. The startup has devised a method to thicken the ice in the Arctic in winter, reducing the rate of melting in the summer. The investment was announced by Rinke Zonneveld, who played a key role in UNIIQ’s founding and is now the CEO…
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NOAA 2023 insights and concerns
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Arctic Climate Trends In 2023, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a United States government agency continued to monitor the Arctic region and unveiled significant findings that underscore the ongoing impact of climate change. The analysis of temperature trends, sea ice extent, ocean conditions, and permafrost dynamics reveals concerning patterns and potential repercussions for the…
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CarbonFix announces investment in Arctic Reflections
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Amsterdam, 18th of October 2023 CarbonFix, an organization that fights climate change by supporting innovations with great potential to reduce or capture carbon emissions, is pleased to announce financial support for Arctic Reflections, an initiative with an unconventional mission to restore Arctic Sea ice. This partnership marks an important step towards addressing the urgent issue…
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The extreme weather events of summer 2023
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The summer of 2023 has witnessed a series of extreme weather events all over the Northern Hemisphere. From scorching heatwaves to devastating floods and wildfires, this summer seemed to be influenced by the accelerating impact of global warming. As our planet continues to warm, these events might become increasingly frequent and severe, highlighting the urgent…
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Ice free summer even sooner than expected
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A report published in the journal Nature Communications projects an ice-free Arctic in the month of September under all IPCC scenarios. This can happen as early as the 30’s. The report states that the ‘dominant influence of greenhouse gas increases on the Arctic’ is on average underestimated by previous models. Most earlier studies analyzed ‘sea…
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New satellite data finds ice sheets are melting rapidly
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Recent research reveals that the Earth’s ice sheets have lost a staggering amount of ice in the past three decades. According to a team of international scientists, the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, which contain most of the world’s freshwater ice, are melting at an alarming rate. By analyzing 50 satellite surveys conducted between…
