
Update: Extended deadline on abstracts
Update 16 May 2023: We have extended the deadline and abstracts can be submitted until 23 May 2023, 23:59
Read MoreUpdate 16 May 2023: We have extended the deadline and abstracts can be submitted until 23 May 2023, 23:59
Read MoreExciting news! The keynote speakers are now announced for “Towards a new Arctic Ocean – Past, Present, Future” in Tromsø in November. Abstract submission deadline is 15. May.
Read MoreEach year, the Arctic sea ice goes through a cycle of melting and freezing. From March to September, sea ice gradually melts and becomes thinner, and from October to March, the water freezes again. In our warming climate, we see that more and more ice melts each year. One would expect that the ice would also freeze less, but we have observed that the ice growth – or ice production – has increased over the last decades. Yes, you read it right: despite warming, there is more ice produced during winter than before!
Read MoreThe Meteorological Institute is hosting this year’s three-day workshop on sea ice and sea ice forecasting, with contribution from The Nansen Legacy.
Read MoreFor decades, the impact of research was measured within the research discipline itself, often in terms of citations or how ideas presented advanced the field. Nowadays, researchers must increasingly plan for and document how the results of their work will be used – how they will contribute to society.
Read MoreThe Gordon Research Conference for Polar Marine Science is a premier international scientific conference that gives space and atmosphere to present and discuss the frontier of polar research and ideas, including unpublished material. Results from the Nansen Legacy research were well received.
Read MoreWe have added a new page for you to find datasets. Search from the year it was collected or after certain types. It’s all up to you.
Read MoreMeeting national and international research colleagues in Vienna after Covid has been gratifying for the Nansen Legacy projects scientists. It has been very nice to participate and contribute to The Arctic Science Summit Week, which is an arena for a wide range of organizational meetings and science sessions to coordinate, plan and promote Arctic science.
Read MoreThe Arctic white winter wonderland. Ocean is covered by sea ice where seals and polar bears live. The landscape is mesmerizing. Although it is always cold here, this part of the planet is subjected to strong seasonal changes. The most dramatic being light.
Read MoreWe invite the submission of abstracts from scientific work to our Symposium: Towards the new Arctic Ocean – Past, Present, Future
Read MoreLast year we hit the 100-publication mark (2018-2022), and only one year late we have 60 more! Our scientists are productive, and the results are pouring into the project.
Read MoreThe International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) awards the 2023 IASC Medal to Professor emeritus Paul Wassmann, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, for outstanding long-lasting achievements to improve the knowledge of the ecology of the Arctic Ocean and the ability to combine excellent science and holistic drive to bring together various disciplines.
Read MoreArctic Frontiers takes place 30 Jan – 2 Feb 2023 in Tromsø and Nansen Legacy scientists and reference group members are organizing a side event on changing sea ice conditions and its implications.
Read MoreA small NL research delegation consisting of Amanda Ziegler, Erin Kunisch, Oliver Müller and Øyvind Lundesgaard went on a long journey to Toronto to inform about NL research on the other side of the Arctic.
Read MoreFrom 1 to 3 November 2022, this year’s Nansen Legacy annual meeting took place in Bergen. In good tradition, also this year the program was tightly packed.
Read MoreThe future is a world full of standardized data that are easily accessible and understandable to all.
Read MoreThe Nansen Legacy project invites the Arctic research community to the international symposium in Tromsø, Norway, 7-9 November 2023.
Read MoreAfter a period with focus on data collection, sample analyses, and model-based investigations and predictions, it is time to merge and integrate new knowledge across approaches and key themes. To do so, seven overarching themes have been identified and task force groups have been initiated in the project Nansen Legacy.
Read MoreAfter two years of digital meetings the board at Nansen Legacy finally could meet in person at the Nansen Legacy board meeting in Tromsø today.
Read MoreIn June and July 2022, heatwaves struck Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as temperatures climbed above 40 degrees Celsius in places. Less known is that heatwaves also occur in the ocean. Like heatwaves on land, marine heatwaves have the potential to devastate ecosystems and cause large economic losses in fisheries, aquaculture, and other marine ecosystem services, calling for an increased focus on and understanding of the occurrence and impact of marine heatwaves.
Read MoreThe interplay between mercury and manganese in Arctic seawater may explain a surprising drop researchers found in mercury levels in the Barents Sea during the winter.
Read MoreGood science is created by the interplay of different thoughts, work approaches and data. This is why collaboration with scientists around the World is essential for the Nansen Legacy. After years of pandemic and travel restrictions, the project is happy to see that an increasing number of its scientists are now spending time abroad working with scientists from other countries and research fields on Nansen Legacy samples and data.
Read MoreIn many Arctic regions, sea ice retreats northwards. This often moves the ice edge zone from relatively shallow waters on the continental shelf to several kilometre deep waters in the central Arctic Ocean. Implications of this displacement for organisms living at the ice edge are largely unknown. Scientists from the Institute of Marine Research have studied harp seals, which’s icy habitat has retreated from shallower to deeper waters north of Svalbard over the last 30 years.
Read MoreThe Nansen Legacy is in its fifth year and looks back at over 350 days out at sea. The extensive field campaigns over the last years have generated unique abiotic
Read MoreArctic 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.
Read MoreNTNU researchers from AMOS, the Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems, used small satellites and subsea robots — and everything in between — to study marine life in Svalbard’s Kongsfjorden in a first-ever experiment in May.
Read MoreGraphical abstracts, infographics, one-slide posters for digital conferences – the way scientific results are presented nowadays requires increased design and illustration skills. This is why the Nansen Legacy organized a
Read MoreNansen Legacy’s side event “From Science to Policy to Impact in the Arctic” on the last day of the Arctic Frontiers conference was a full success!
Read MoreHow can we keep track of all the data we collect in the Arctic? Watch this video to see how we do this in a consistent and standardized way that makes publishing our data easier.
Read MoreClimate warming is changing our seas and their biodiversity. In the high north, the loss of sea ice and temperature rise favor southerly species, which colonize Arctic marine ecosystems. Arctic species suffer the ongoing changes in the environment and are threatened by incoming species which eat them or their food
Read MoreHalf-way through the Nansen Legacy project, 2021 was the year to take stock and to catch up.
Read MoreThe Nansen Legacy is home to over 30 PhD students. On April 22, Elliot Sivel (IMR/UiT) was the first of the Nansen Legacy PhD students to defend his work. The evaluation process included both a trial lecture on modulation of species interactions by environmental and anthropogenic stressors, as well as the dissertation defense presentation entitled ‘Investigating the drivers of the Nordic Seas food-web dynamics using Chance and Necessity modelling’.
Read MoreThe Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2022 took place in Tromsø 26 March to 1 April 2022 and scientists from the Nansen Legacy contributed in various ways.
Read MoreNansen Legacy has reached and passed the magical number of 100 publications! Congratulations to all scientists who have contributed. What are actually these publications about, where were they published and
Read MoreThe floor vibrates and a crushing sound fills the bridge as the Norwegian research icebreaker Kronprins Haakon breaks through the sea ice. At 87°N and 17°W, north of Greenland and
Read MoreEver wonder how the ocean reserves as much dissolved organic carbon as atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide? The truth is I do not have the answer to this question. Merely this question is what captivated my interest in this topic. How is it that nature maintains this immense carbon capture system and we still can´t figure out exactly how it functions?
Read MoreOur names are Megan Lenss and Evan Patrohay, and we are joining the most recent Nansen Legacy cruise as US Fulbright Scholars. Fulbright, a program through the United States State Department, has granted us funding to complete yearlong research projects in Norway.
Read MoreSince 2018, the Nansen Legacy consortium has successfully completed 16 ship-based expeditions into the Barents Sea. They have provided state-of- the-art new knowledge on Barents Sea physics, chemistry and biology across different seasons and oceanographic regions. This new knowledge achieved is needed to assess potential impacts of a changing marine system and to continue the sustainable use of the rich marine resources like cod, which is part of the key mission for Nansen Legacy.
Read MoreThe heat transport into the Nordic Seas has increased steadily in volume and temperature over the last century, according to recent study.
Read MoreIn a big project as Nansen Legacy a lot of samples are collect and even more data are produced. Good data management is therefore highly important. Only when data are archived in a good way, they can be made available to all project participants, shared with other scientists, and preserved for the next generation of researchers.
Read MoreA major goal in the Nansen Legacy project is to educate a new generation of Arctic scientists. In 2021, five Nansen Legacy master students finished their degrees. Congratulation to all of them for a very successful work in the fields of oceanography, marine biology, and geology.
Read MoreAn international panel of experts has assessed the Nansen Legacy project and states in their report that they are very satisfied with the progress and research results midway through the project period.
Read MoreNovember at 79 or even 81 N is pretty dark. The sun has disappeared for winter a long time ago, and all that is left is a bit of twilight at noon. For the phytoplankton in the sea that means that there is not enough sunlight to grow. For us, out on a research cruise to service instruments that were deployed north of Svalbard and in the Barents Sea last year or the year before, it means that we struggle to see! Most of the day, it is pitch black dark, especially if it’s new moon as at the start of our cruise. The ship itself is lit up like a Christmas tree with lots of light especially on the work deck in the aft, which often makes seeing anything out at sea very difficult. Light on the bridge is therefore always dimmed and only red light is used when needing a bit more illumination.
Read MoreAn important pathway from knowledge to users goes through national and international science synthesis and assessment initiatives where expertise merges and extracts relevant scientific results to address societal needs for knowledge. Nansen Legacy scientists – especially those working in the management institutions among the project partners – have contributed to several national and international status- and management reports on the ocean and climate state in 2021. This ensures a direct transfer of the new knowledge generated by the Nansen Legacy project into assessment reports used for knowledge-based management and policy making in Norway and the World.
Read MoreAfter a very busy year in the project (six cruises, ongoing sample analyses, a rising number of publications), we are glad to announce that also the Nansen Legacy newsletter is finally running again.
Read MoreIt 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!
Read MoreEdson 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.
Read MoreAfter four seasons and four exciting research cruises, I finally finished my PhD field work
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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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