It is November, polar night, and almost winter – must be time for a cruise to the Arctic Ocean to collect instruments and equipment for our project!
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21 years of algae blooms observed from space
Edson Silva just published his first article as part of his institutional PhD project – congratulations! Together with five other co-authors from NERSC and one from the University of Bergen (UiB), he studied the annual cycle of phytoplankton/algae blooms in the Nordic Seas by utilizing satellite data from 2000-2020.
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Of endings and new beginnings
After four seasons and four exciting research cruises, I finally finished my PhD field work
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Nansen Legacy Recruit Forum 2021
The Nansen Legacy is home to more than 70 early career scientists. These young and dynamic researchers are a core element of the project, and present the next generation of Arctic researchers, consultants, policy makers, teachers, communicators, or other resources in society. Hence, the Nansen Legacy thrives to support its early career scientists in forming a strong and supporting network. The annual Nansen Recruit Forum is an essential element in this work.
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Seven at one blow – The Nansen Legacy field campaigns in 2021
The Nansen Legacy disposed over 350 days of ship time to ensure high-resolution sampling of physical, chemical and biological parameters of the ecosystems of the northern Barents Sea and the adjacent Arctic Ocean.
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Small pieces and large pictures in Arctic marine science
Arctic marine research is really exciting, and one could make blockbuster movies, or a tv-series based on research expeditions, such as those within the Nansen Legacy project. The logistics around planning and executing research cruises when going into the sea ice of the Barents Sea are enormous, but probably not that exciting when thinking about film material. However, simple things such as the safe arrival of our samples in Bergen following the completion of a long cruise are very special to us. Still, when aiming to make an Arctic marine science tv-series one should focus on the research cruises and the samples taken. The different cruises could represent the episodes of the series and the samples that we are taking might well be the characters of the series. I guess everyone agrees that if you want to understand what is going on in the series (the Arctic marine ecosystem) you should not miss out any episodes or only shoot with half of the cast.
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Finally, we were able to meet again!
Last week in October, the Nansen Legacy was finally able again to host a physical annual meeting. After almost two years with virtual meetings, it was a great pleasure to gather 160 scientists to present and discuss science in person.
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Proof that the small organisms survives under the Arctic sea ice during the winter
Important groups of calcifying zooplanktons (planktic foraminifera and shelled pteropods) were examined under the sea ice cover to see how they cope with changes of physical and chemical properties in the Arctic Ocean, such as ocean warming and changes in carbonate ocean chemistry during the polar night in December 2019. They are doing well!
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The future of the Arctic – Annual meeting 2021
Marine heatwaves, ecosystems shifting and sea ice melt are just some of the many topics on this Nansen Legacy annual meeting in Trondheim. The Nansen Legacy is now halfway into the 6-year project and are now moving into a phase with more focus on results for all disciplines.
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