Arctic Links

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SINTEF is one of Europe’s largest independent research organisations. SINTEF is a broad, multidisciplinary research organisation with international top-level expertise in the fields of technology, the natural sciences, medicine and the social sciences. They conduct contract R&D as a partner for the private and public sectors, and we are one of the largest contract research institutions in Europe.

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NTNU has the main responsibility for higher education in technology in Norway, and it is the country’s premier institution for the education of engineers. 

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IMR is Norway’s largest centre of marine science. Its main task is to provide advice to Norwegian authorities on aquaculture and the ecosystems of the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea and the Norwegian coastal zone. IMR’s main activities are monitoring, research and advice.

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Akvaplan-niva provides expert knowledge and advice on the environment and on aquaculture. Their mission is to integrate research, decision support and technical innovation to secure economic value and safe environmental operations for businesses, authorities, and other clients worldwide. The service portfolio includes environmental monitoring surveys, impact and risk assessments, emergency preparedness, decision support services, Arctic environmental research, aquaculture design and management, R&D on new aquaculture species, and a number of accredited environmental, technical, and analytical services.

View Link: http://www.akvaplan.niva.no/en/

The research at Department of Arctic and Marine Biology spans from sea to sky, from individual to ecosystem and from microorganisms to whales and muskoxen. The common denominator is the search to understand connections within complex biological systems, so that society can prepare and adapt to challenges it may face in the future.

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UiT The Arctic University of Norway is the third largest in Norway and the northernmost university of the world. Its location on the edge of the Arctic implies a mission. The Arctic is of increasing global importance. Climate change, the exploitation of Arctic resources and environmental threats are topics of great public concern, and which the University of Tromsø takes special interest in. At UiT The Arctic University of Norway you can explore global issues from a close-up perspective.

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The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is the world’s northernmost higher education institution, located in Longyearbyen at 78°N. It provides research-based education of the next generation of Arctic experts in biology, geology, geophysics and technology.

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The primary objective of this project, funded by the Fram Centre “Arctic Ocean” flagship, is to understand how heat from the Atlantic Water influences the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover, but also to provide data for understanding the playing field for some of the key actors in the ecosystem, and components of the carbon system. A-TWAIN was established to gain understanding on how the inflowing current system is distributed at different depths along the continental slope, how it responds to local, short lived atmospheric changes, and how it varies on seasonal and inter-annual timescales.

View Link: http://www.framsenteret.no/new-data-on-atlantic-inflow-to-the-arctic-ocean-reveal-effects-on-sea-ice-and-marine-ecosystems.5466699.html#.WYnGE1GQxhE

‘Mare Incognitum’ is the umbrella for several research projects exploring one of the least known marine ecosystems of the planet – the Arctic. We are situated in the Arctic and have the unique opportunity to study this exceptional marine system year round, including the Polar Night.

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under the leadership of Paul Wassmann at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, the main focus of the project is research on the seasonal ice zone in the Arctic Ocean, promoting the comprehension of the present functioning and future development. The expertise of ArcticSIZE comprises ice biota, phyto- and zooplankton, vertical flux and pelagic-benthic coupling, benthos, biodiversity and C flux modelling.

View Link: http://site.uit.no/arcticsize/

Nansen LEGACY is a multidisciplinary initiative to understand and predict the natural and human influences on the Barents Sea ecosystem beyond the present ice edge. The Nansen LEGACY comprises a dedicated Norwegian national team of research excellence that has been assembled for the specific purpose of the 6-year project period (2018–2023).

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