The Barents Sea, as we knew it, is no more, according to a new scientific publication from Norway’s largest collaborative project: The Nansen Legacy. The ice-free southern part of the Barents Sea has been well-mapped and understood, while the northern part, covered in ice during winter, stands out as one of the polar regions where climate and ecosystem changes are most pronounced.
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What are the key findings from the Nansen Legacy project? If you don’t have time to read the >200 scientific publications, our new Nansen Legacy fact sheets provide a visual and condensed access to new knowledge on ten topics on the Barents Sea system.
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On the 15th of September Stephen G. Kohler successfully defended his PhD entitled “Seasonal biogeochemical cycling of mercury on the Arctic Ocean shelf” at the Department of Chemistry at NTNU.
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A critical element in mapping regional and global biodiversity is to bring existing relevant
data together. Darwin Core is an international standard on how to do this that facilitates
future integration of existing data. The Nansen Legacy trains researchers to publish and
archive the collected data on Arctic marine species for future and global use.
The registration deadline for our symposium in november 2023 is prolonged to 20 October 2023! Go to: https://www.nansenlegacy-symposium.com/registration/registration/
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Rijpfjorden, on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, has long been an example of a pristine Arctic fjord that, unlike fjords on Svalbard’s west coast, has not been affected by climate warming.
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Now you can register for the symposium “Towards the new Arctic Ocean – Past, Present, Future”.
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Agneta Fransson (Norsk Polarinstitutt) participated in the workshop of the international initiative Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA, for pan-Arctic collaboration between Norway and participating countries such as Japan, Korea, USA, Canada, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Denmark.
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