Arctic blast could bring wintry mix to the Triangle this weekend. Here’s when & where Wintry precipitation could be anything from freezing rain and sleet to ice or snow. Find out where it’s expected. 01/2/2025 - 11:58 pm | View Link
In the Arctic, planting more trees actually makes the world warmer Across much of the world, planting more trees means more carbon is stored, and global warming is reduced. That's the thinking behind recent proposals to plant more trees in Alaska, Greenland and Iceland. 01/2/2025 - 6:20 am | View Link
Assemblies The Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from over 60 countries. The Assembly is held every October in Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center and the Reykjavik EDITION, Iceland. 01/1/2025 - 9:14 pm | View Website
2025 Arctic Circle Assembly The Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Awards were awarded for the fourth time at the 2024 Arctic Circle Assembly. The winning initiative was the BIOSINK project, led by Alexander Tøsdal Tveit, Lisa Y. Stein, and Fang Qian. The project aims to capture methane directly from the air using bacteria that originate from Arctic environments. 01/1/2025 - 12:10 pm | View Website
2024 Arctic Circle Assembly Registration •In the event that proof of retirement/student status and/or disability in the form of an official ID is not submitted upon registration, Arctic Circle reserves the right to cancel the registration. Cancellation of a registration will result in a partial refund, excluding the service and ticketing commission fee. 01/1/2025 - 3:06 am | View Website
JOURNAL The Journal publishes statements, notes, memorandums, essays, short reports and other texts of relevance to the Arctic and our interconnected world. It provides insights, understanding and new information. The material represents the opinions of the authors but not those of Arctic Circle. For further information on how to submit entries please contact secretariat@arcticcircle.org. 12/29/2024 - 12:13 pm | View Website
How Climate Change, Colonialism, and Our Right to Education as ... It will take a closer look at empirical experiences on Arctic Indigenous education and Western education from our standpoints. We will then be able to elaborate on the complexity of education through the lens of our Indigenous and disciplinary perspectives and insights, and define a holistic understanding of the concept of education. 12/29/2024 - 8:17 am | View Website
YNW Melly must make a decision about whether to keep his current legal team for his upcoming murder retrial, and he doesn’t have a lot of time to do it, a Broward judge said Tuesday.
The rapper, whose real name is Jamell Demons, was in court Tuesday for the second of a two-day “all pending motions” hearing, a proceeding in which lawyers are supposed to take care of any unfinished business stopping a trial from going forward.
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On a brisk Saturday afternoon, A. crouched in a boxer’s stance, knees bent, one hip forward, raised her new Ruger Security-380 pistol aloft with both hands, and pulled the trigger. Spent gold casings clinked to the ground as a paper plate across the range filled with bullet holes.
Two years ago, with insurance costs skyrocketing, Florida legislators called a special session, vowing to provide relief.
Their plan was shady from the moment they announced it.
The Republican lawmakers who control the state had spent years ignoring warnings from industry experts who had begged them to spend serious time on this complicated issue, opting instead to wage culture wars with everyone from Disney to drag queens.
By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U. S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan.
By JOHN ROGERS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86.
Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday in New York, publicist Ken Sunshine said.
A recent study published in The Lancet, one of the world’s most respected academic journals, predicted that by 2050, more than 43 million adolescents and 213 million adults in the United States will be overweight or living with obesity. These projections, driven by factors ranging from lifestyle to economic instability and education, serve as a wake-up call: It’s time to prioritize our health and make meaningful changes — individually and collectively.
Obesity is more than a number on a scale.