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. A recent article led by PhD student Èric Jordà-Molina from Nord University and including several Akvaplan-niva co-authors, suggests that warming impacts are being felt even in the far north of Svalbard. Results indicat
Et internasjonalt ekspertpanel har midtveisevaluert prosjektet Arven etter Nansen og slår i sin rapport fast at de er svært godt fornøyde med framgangen og forskningsresultatene ved halvgått prosjektperiode. Evalueringspanelet trekker særlig fram forskningskvaliteten og samarbeidet som har gitt ny kunnskap og forståelse om havmiljøet i våre nordligste havområder.
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Paul Renaud from Akvaplan-niva co-supervises 4 recruits in the Nansen Legacy project. This week he takes part in the annual meeting in Trondheim. In a chat after dinner, I asked him seven questions about supervision of students.
1. How many students have you supervised and do you like supervision?
"I like supervision very much. If you love science –supervising students is part of what yo
The Barents Sea is a high-latitude shelf ecosystem with important fisheries, high and historically variable harvesting pressure, and ongoing high variability in climatic conditions.
To quantify carbon flow pathways and assess if changes in harvesting intensity and climate variability have affected the Barents Sea ecosystem. A team has modelled the ecosystem for the period 1950–2013 using a hig
Som navnet tilsier så er polartorsk (Boreogadus saida) en nordlig art. Polartorsk har faktisk en slags "frostvæske" i blodet som gjør at den kan oppholde seg i sjøvann ned mot frysepunktet. Polartorsken er den vanligste planktonspisende fiskearten i Arktis, og den utgjør selv et viktig byttedyr for torsk, sel, hval, sjøfugl og andre dyr i Arktis. Polartorsk er derfor, sammen med lodde, en svært vi
On October 12 Paul Renaud from Akvaplan-niva led a workshop jointly organised by the Nansen Legacy project and the ARCTOS network. Several members of the SCOR Working Group on Changing Ocean Biological Systems participated with presentations and in the discussion about Best Practices Guide for multi-factor experiments.
Constraints on traveling led to an unusual workshop format whereby multiple
Last year, the Nansen Legacy set sail working for a more holistic understanding of the Arctic marine environment through the looking glass of the Barents Sea. Akvaplan-niva is involved in parts related to Russia in the project as well as in work on benthos. Akvaplan-niva is also coordinating the dialogue with the Nansen Legacy Reference Group.
On April 17, 2018 the Russian research vessel Dalniye Zelentsy departed from Murmansk for the Barents Sea. The research cruise was part of the Russian cooperation in the Nansen Legacy, led by Nansen Legacy partner Akvaplan-niva (APN). The cruise was a collaboration between APN and Murmansk Marine Biological Institute who have run joint research projects in the Barents Sea since 1989.
The Nansen Legacy is a multidisciplinary project to understand the natural and human influences on ice-covered Barents Sea ecosystem beyond the present ice edge. The Nansen Legacy is led by UiT the Arctic University of Tromsø and Akvaplan-niva as well as 7 other Norwegian research institutes are partners to the project.
