ArcticSIZE organized and funded the 5th pan-Arctic symposium, led by Dr. Paul Wassmann. The symposium gathered an internationally-diverse array of senior and early career scientists into a small medieval town of northern Croatia to synthesize research findings from around the … Continued
Arctic SIZE early career researcher Raphaelle Descoteaux successfully defended her PhD 5 Oct. Her opponents were Prof. Lindeque from Plymouth Marine Lab (UK) and Prof. Snelgrove from Memorial University (Canada). Our heartfelt congratulations, Dr. Raphaelle, for a job well done! … Continued
We held a workshop on pelagic-benthic coupling in the Arctic in May. After quite some time of what felt like science-meeting-deprivation this physical meeting was an absolute highlight, with exciting talks and discussions, as well as informal exchanges in the … Continued
After a meeting-sparse period, many conferences have resumed their activities, either in hybrid or still fully digital formats. PhD student Raphaelle Descoteaux enjoyed presenting and discussing her work on the “Origin of marine invertebrate larvae on an Arctic inflow shelf” … Continued
Happy round birthday, Prof. Wassmann, our own Paul! An afternoon full of heartfelt, history-rich, partly humorous and partly very serious greetings presented by colleagues from around the world and in Tromsø marked the transition to emeritus status. No doubt, full … Continued
Since 2002 scientist of ArcticSIZE have supported efforts to promote pan-Arctic integration. This has resulted in dedicated volumes of publications with the goal to understand the physical oceanography and marine ecology of the pan-Arctic expanse. Recently the 4th volume of pan-Arctic … Continued
SIZE’s own postdoc, Brandon Hassett, was recently appointed to the editorial board of Nature’s International Society of Microbial Ecology Journal (ISME J). Brandon will serve as a board member for three years starting in September 2021. ISME is widely considered … Continued
‘Where the Atlantic heat meets the Arctic cold’ – this is a spot-on description of the Polar Front that wiggles through the Barents Sea like a snake. In a recently concluded expedition Arctic SIZE professor and ARCTOS leader Rolf Gradinger … Continued
The ArcticSIZE group has published the first multidisciplinary book addressing the Arctic Ocean. Scientists from a wide range of professions, from climate, biology, politics, indigenous people to food security shared their views on the future Arctic Ocean. Whither the Arctic … Continued
The publication by Tobias Vonnahme et al. investigated the biological response of sea ice algae and phytoplankton biomass and productivity to subglacial discharge coming from a Svalbard tidewater glacier compared to a marine reference site. We show clear evidence of … Continued