24 Jun 2022 – The Nansen Legacy

Arctic sea-ice plays a pivotal role in the Earth’s climate system and its loss may accelerate the rise of global temperatures. Understanding the future state of sea-ice is therefore a prerequisite for evaluating the development of the World’s climate. Now scientists of Norway’s largest Arctic research project – The Nansen Legacy – have looked into both the past and the future to unravel the question of future sea-ice state in the Arctic.

Recent publications

Schuler TV, Benestad RE, Isaksen K, Kierulf HP, Kohler, J Moholdt G, Schmidt LS (2025). Svalbard’s 2024 record summer: An early view of Arctic glacier meltdown? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(34). e2503806122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2503806122

Duarte P, Castro de la Guardia L, Assmy P, Wold A, Fransson A, Chierici M, Bailey A, Hodson A, Alexander A, Magalhães C, Gabrielsen GW, Albretsen J, Frank L, Tripathy SC, Smerdou C, Gordillo FJL, Cobos P, Velázquez D, Convey P, De Rovere F, Hop, H. (2025). Ecosystem metabolism and nitrogen budget of a glacial Fjord in the Arctic. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 22946. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06953-3

Nascimento MC, Fransner F, Hordoir R, Skogen MD, Primicerio R, Pedersen T (2025) Future poleward distribution shifts of community and functional groups in the Barents Sea modelled under different climate and fisheries scenarios. Marine Ecology Progress Series 763:125 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14868

All articles filed in June 24, 2022

Start of synthesis work – data workshop on the seafloor habitat

Could sea ice persist in the Barents Sea in a warmer-than-present world?