ArcticSIZE scientist Rolf Gradinger contributed to a one hour broadcast on Arctic climate change for the Swiss Public Radio station, which was released on June 26, 2017. The broadcast can be downloaded at: http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/kontext/was-ist-bloss-in-der-arktis-los
ArcticSIZE scientists Brandon Hassett and Rolf Gradinger were invited by AWI Germany to participate in the expedition PS106 of the German icebreaker Polarstern in June/July 2017. They will study sea ice biota diversity, primary production and vertical export flux. Gradinger … Continued
The Arctic SIZE group was well represented at the recent ESSAS conference in Tromsø, Norway, 11-15 June 2017. The group contributed substantially both through a series of scientific presentations, oral talks, as well as through helping organize and run the … Continued
Led by OCA (Organisation of Contemporary Art) and OSLO PILOT, the IKT (The International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art) Congress 2017 took take place in Oslo, but the IKT POST-CONGRESS was moved to Tromsø, May 22–23 2017. As part of this excursion ArcticSIZE was asked to guide … Continued
Arctic SIZE researchers contributed to the ‘State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity’ report just released by the Arctic Council’s Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program: https://www.arcticbiodiversity.is/marine. While polar bears, seals and whale attract public attention, those higher trophics can only exist because they are supported … Continued
Tobias and Ulrike have been busy collecting algal samples to establish culture libraries. It is surprisingly difficult (and fun) to pick a single cell out of a complex sample. Updates to follow, if they grow.
7 April 2017 Arctic SIZE scientists Finlo Cottier, Paul Wassmann, Marit Reigstad, Stig Falk-Petersen and Rolf Gradinger organized and contributed to a seasonal sea ice zone focused session during the Arctic Science Summit Week 2017 in Prague. The ASSW is … Continued
7 April 2017 On March 21st, Arctic Seasonal Ice Zone Ecology (SIZE) members met for the first time as a group, marking the transition of SIZE from an ambitious idea to meaningful, collaborative science. With the arrival of professors, post-docs, and PhD … Continued