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SUMMARY:Greening the Arctic [Panel Discussion Webinar\, registration requi
 red] - Hannah Bradley\, Inuk Silis Hœgh\, Jeffrey Kerby\, Kim Neider\, Ro
 ss Virginia
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DESCRIPTION:The Arctic is warming up to four times faster than the rest of
  the Earth. News of the alarming loss of ice now reaches around the world\
 , but we don’t hear enough about what is happening to Arctic land that i
 s no longer covered by ice and snow — it is becoming green. “Arctic gr
 eening” describes this alarming increase of vegetation around the Northe
 rn world\, which accelerates global warming and permafrost thaw. But green
 ing in the Arctic also inspires economic\, political\, and imaginative inn
 ovation among local and Indigenous Arctic peoples\, who are “experts of 
 change\,” as Mininnguaq Kleist (Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Greenland)
  affirmed at the Arctic Circle Assembly of 2023.\n\n“Greening” thus me
 ans different things to different people. For social scientists\, it is a 
 deliberate introduction of plants into built environments. Ecologists and 
 geographers each observe plants transforming Arctic lands through differen
 t lenses\, with different results. For Arctic farmers\, the increasing abi
 lity of plants to grow brings both new opportunities and unpredictability.
  How do we make sense of these different visions of greening? This panel d
 iscussion will examine the dramatic expansion of plant life across the Arc
 tic from a variety of viewpoints\, considering the sciences and arts\, and
  farms\, forests\, and tundra together.\n\nRegistration Link: https://www.
 bu.edu/pardee/the-arctic-environmental-humanities-workshop-series-2/
LOCATION:Co-hosted with Pardee Center for the Study of Longer-Range Future
 \, Boston University
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