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”We own the illness”: a qualitative study of networks in two communities with mixed ethnicity in Northern Norway

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2018
Background: When people in Northern Norway get ill, they often use traditional medicine. The global aim of this study was to examine the extended family networks’ function and responsibility in cases of illness in the family, in two Northern Norwegian ...
Anette Langås-Larsen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
Most populations around the world are ageing. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and is growing more rapidly in rural communities than in urban areas. Longevity increases the risk of frailty.
Lena Bjerkmo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correction: Rainer et al. The Influence of Above-Ground Herbivory on the Response of Arctic Soil Methanotrophs to Increasing CH4 Concentrations and Temperatures. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 2080

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [...]
Edda M. Rainer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“There are more things in heaven and earth!” How knowledge about traditional healing affects clinical practice: interviews with conventional health personnel

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2017
People with Sami and Norwegian background are frequent users of traditional folk medicine (TM). Traditional healing, such as religious prayers of healing (reading) and the laying on of hands, are examples of commonly used modalities.
Anette Langås-Larsen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taking stock of arctic sea ice and climate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The relationship among the cause-and-effect of the Arctic atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean is discussed. The increased vulnerability of the Arctic system to anomalous atmospheric forcing can be argued from the perspective that recent ice loss is the result
Francis, Jennifer   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

The impact of Arctic sea ice loss on mid-Holocene climate. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Mid-Holocene climate was characterized by strong summer solar heating that decreased Arctic sea ice cover. Motivated by recent studies identifying Arctic sea ice loss as a key driver of future climate change, we separate the influences of Arctic sea ice ...
Kim, Seo-Yeon   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Effect of scavenging on predation in a food web

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
Scavenging can have important consequences for food web dynamics, for example, it may support additional consumer species and affect predation on live prey. Still, few food web models include scavenging.
Jarad P. Mellard   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
[1] The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) released its first gridded bathymetric compilation in 1999. The IBCAO bathymetric portrayals have since supported a wide range of Arctic science activities, for example, by providing ...
Accettella, Daniela   +30 more
core   +2 more sources

Bromine measurements in ozone depleted air over the Arctic Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In situ measurements of ozone, photochemically active bromine compounds, and other trace gases over the Arctic Ocean in April 2008 are used to examine the chemistry and geographical extent of ozone depletion in the arctic marine boundary layer (MBL ...
Burkholder, J B   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

Interaction webs in arctic ecosystems: Determinants of arctic change? [PDF]

open access: yesAmbio, 2017
How species interact modulate their dynamics, their response to environmental change, and ultimately the functioning and stability of entire communities. Work conducted at Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland, has changed our view on how networks of arctic biotic interactions are structured, how they vary in time, and how they are changing with current ...
Schmidt, Niels M.   +12 more
openaire   +8 more sources

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