The central Arctic is off-limits to commercial activites for the next 16 years, giving scientist the lead for better understanding an Arctic of environments in change.
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Background: Driftwood and ocean currents
The Arctic Ocean has been covered by sea ice for several hundred thousand years. However, even the oldest ice floes are less that 10 years old because it continually drifts…
Read MoreThree Legacy members announced lead authors for the sixth IPCC Assessment Report
Three of the 19 Norwegian scientists elected as authors to the sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are members of the Nansen Legacy. The 6th scientific IPCC report, will be published in 2021 and 2022 and is the most comprehensive and important basis for international climate policy.
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