The ArcticSIZE team is reorganizing its way of working in the face of the corona virus threat. Thankfully, we are all still healthy and eager to continue with our science. So, as with so many around the world, this is … Continued
While we all figure out how the physical, chemical and biological oceanography, let alone the system ecology of the Arctic Ocean is functioning, climate change is over us. Nowhere are the changes bigger than in the Arctic and our limited … Continued
Arctic SIZE held their annual meeting with international participation by representatives from the UK’s Changing Arctic Ocean program. During two very interesting days of presentations and discussion the group got to appreciate the diversity and novelty of the many emerging … Continued
After years of preparation, the multi-disciplinary central Arctic observatory MOSAiC https://www.mosaic-expedition.org/ is underway! 600 scientists from 19 nations follow Nansen & his team’s footsteps to jointly improve our understanding of the Arctic Climate and Ecosystem and its ties to lower latitudes. Fife … Continued
SIZE will be representing at the Ocean Sciences meeting in San Diego, California in February 2020. Brandon Hassett was awarded a session with co-chairs Xuefeng Peng of the University of California Santa Barbara and Gaetan Burgaud of the University of … Continued
ArcticSIZE was well represented at the Gordon Research Conference – Polar Marine Science in Barga, Italy. Two PhD, one post-doc and two senior scientists from the group attended. Marit Reigstad delivered a keynote talk on “The Atlantic Inflow into the … Continued
On February 19 Paul Wassmann gave the talk “Tools for pan-Arctic integration: the case for conceptual models” at the Revelle Conference Room of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Conceptual models allow to go from 1) creating testable hypotheses, 2) to plan and then modify field campaigns, to 3) construct models … Continued
During the annual meeting of the Norwegian marine researcher association (Norges Havforskerforening), marine researchers from Norway convened in Tromsø. The first day focused on making ecological research more relevant to society, politics, and stakeholders. The second day was filled with … Continued
Last week, Emma Persson started her master’s thesis research by conducting her first sea ice sampling in Ramfjorden. Together with Tobias, Ulrike, and Rolf, Emma will investigate what happens when sea ice forms. She will specifically look into the incorporation … Continued
Arctic SIZE postdoc Brandon Hassett was recently awarded a Young Explorer’s Research Grant from National Geographic to explore the relevance of Fungi in the Arctic Ocean. Between the research efforts of Arctic SIZE and the extent of the National Geographic … Continued