5 Aug 2020 – The Nansen Legacy

Last winter an almost forgotten sight presented itself to all those venturing the Barents Sea: sea ice as far south as Bjørnøya, equaling a sea-ice extent not seen since the eighties and nineties. Are you wondering how this is possible in times of global warming and a diminishing Arctic ice cap?

Recent publications

Gerland S, Ingvaldsen RB, Reigstad M, Sundfjord A, Bogstad B, Chierici M, Hop H, Renaud PE, Smedsrud LH, Stige LC, Årthun M, Berge J, Bluhm BA, Borgå K, Bratbak G, Divine DV, Eldevik T, Eriksen E, Fer I, Fransson A, Gradinger R, Granskog MA, Haug T, Husum K, Johnsen G, Jonassen MO, Jørgensen LL, Kristiansen S, Larsen A, Lien VS, Lind S, Lindstrøm U, Mauritzen C, Melsom A, Mernild SH, Müller M, Nilsen F, Primicerio R, Søreide JE, van der Meeren GI, Wassmann P (2023) Still Arctic?—The changing Barents Sea. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 11 (1): 00088.

Schartmüller B, Anderson P, McKee D, Connan-McGinty S, Kopec TP, Daase M, Johnsen G, Berge J (2023) Development and calibration of a high dynamic range and autonomous ocean-light instrument to measure sub-surface profiles in ice-covered waters. Applied Optics, 62(31), 8308-8315.

Summers N, Fragoso GM, Johnsen G (2023) Photophysiologically active green, red and brown macroalgae living in the Arctic Polar Night. Scientific Reports. 12. 17971

All articles filed in August 5, 2020

The elusive sea ice edge