{"id":50920,"date":"2024-09-04T11:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T10:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=50920"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:43:56","slug":"aina-a-multidisciplinary-approach-to-arctic-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/aina-a-multidisciplinary-approach-to-arctic-research\/50920\/","title":{"rendered":"AINA: A multidisciplinary approach to Arctic research"},"content":{"rendered":"
Exploring the unique and dynamic landscapes of the Arctic, the Arctic Institute of North America<\/a> (AINA) at the University of Calgary is Canada\u2019s oldest Arctic research institution. Together with Indigenous organisations, governments, and researchers, the Institute addresses conservation, sustainability and environmental monitoring in the Arctic. To find out more about AINA\u2019s long-standing commitment to the Arctic, The Innovation Platform<\/em> spoke with Maribeth Murray, Executive Director of the Arctic Institute of North America.<\/p>\n Seven nations have Arctic territory, each with unique social, cultural and political identities. Importantly, the Arctic is home to Indigenous People of many different cultures, languages and traditions. The rapid transformation of the Arctic under conditions of climate change presents a suite of system-scale shifts that have environmental impacts locally, regionally and globally, impacting people and living resources in increasingly unpredictable ways.<\/p>\n Understanding, responding to and mitigating Arctic change requires a multidisciplinary, multinational and multicultural approach. For example, the development of a comprehensive environmental observing system that monitors change on land<\/a> and in the oceans is far too large an initiative for any one institution or country to tackle alone.<\/p>\nWhy is collaboration critical for Arctic research? Can you discuss the importance of strong relationships with other research institutions and Indigenous communities at the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) at the University of Calgary?<\/h2>\n