The Tromsø Repository of Language and Linguistics (TROLLing) is happy to announce the publication of the 100th dataset in the repository!
Congrats to Lukas Sönning from the University of Bamberg as the author of this special dataset in TROLLing! His dataset on the acquisition of two English vowel categories by German L2 learner (Sönning 2021) marks a further important milestone in the history of TROLLing. The dataset is part of a series of seven datasets that Lukas Sönning has published in TROLLing to support his dissertation
Phonological variation in German Learner English (Sönning 2020) defended at the University of Bamberg.
Climate for Change
Into The Dark premieres at Glasgow Science Centre’s first digital science festival and features researchers from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and number of other scientific groups on board the R/V Helmer
Ever wonder what scientists do in the dark? Then don t miss Glasgow Science Centre s UK premiere of a new documentary that explores how researchers monitor climate change in the bleak polar seas – and how it is affecting marine life. By Colin Cardwell LOOKING out across an expanse of black sea in the chill darkness of winter, the myriad twinkling lights of marine traffic inspire a sense of a reassurance: ships taking people where they need to be, bringing us the essentials and small luxuries of life.
Seafood has an important role in order to achieve the United Nation’s sustainability goal to eradicate hunger by 2030. Seafood from the Arctic should be on the agenda.
2021 marks the start of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, while we are half way through the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025). Safe and healthy seafood for all is important, and to achieve this, sustainable harvesting and sourcing novel resources are vital.
The ocean is a pillar of life, as well as an under-recognized provider of nutritious food and livelihoods. One of many important roles of the Arctic is to contribute to sustainable food production from land and sea. Increased global availability and consumption of aquatic food may prevent hidden hunger, malnutrition and help combat non-communicable diseases. The potential of an increased seafood harvest may include lower trophic level, aquaculture and new marine resources to enhance the marine biomass in fish feed.Thus, it is
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To Predict Future of Polar Ice, Environmental Scientists Are Looking to Past
Over the past century, global sea level has been rising at an increasingly rapid pace. That means the damage done by storm surges will be more severe, coastal erosion will accelerate and flooding will become more frequent and more expensive.
But one of the most troubling things about that trend is that current models for predicting future sea-level rise are missing critical pieces of information – key factors that could help us better prepare for effects of rising seas on our communities and our economy.
A new study by geologist Lauren Simkins, a University of Virginia environmental sciences professor, however, suggests that she and her colleagues, who describe themselves as “glacial geologists,” have discovered a way to test important variables in the equation that could make those models much better at predicting how much sea levels will rise – and how fast.
So the arrival of the Biden administration will be quite positive in the sense that there’s already been promises that the U.S. will rejoin the Paris climate agreement. I also think there’s a very strong sign that the U.S. will again be looking at climate change cooperation with Arctic actors much more seriously with the understanding that the zero sum approach that was the hallmark of the Trump Arctic policy is simply not workable and has no future given the very serious challenges the region is facing right now.
3. What two Arctic stories or issues do you feel got pushed into the background in 2020 and shouldn’t have been?