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NorthGreen2017 – a marine research expedition to NE Greenland onboard ‘R/V Dana, September 11 - October 1, 2017

06.03.2018
A cruise report by Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz, Jarl Regner Andersen, Katrine Juul Andresen, Jørgen Bendtsen, Camille Brice, Marianne Ellegaard, Lasse Nygaard Eriksen, Karen Gariboldi, Cynthia Le Duc, Anders Møller Mathiasen, Tove Nielsen, Siri Ofstad, Christof Pearce, Tine Lander Rasmussen, Sofia Ribeiro, Søren Rysgaard, Hans Røy, Caroline Scholze, Mads Schultz and David Johannes Wangner.

Hello from the EU Arctic Cluster!

02.03.2018
Today we would like to introduce you to our network, the projects comprising the cluster and our joint actions, which you might want to keep an eye on.

Oil-eating microbes are challenged in the Arctic

19.02.2018
Bacteria play a major role in cleaning up oil spills and mitigating its environmental impacts. In a review published in ‘Science of the Total Environment’, researchers from Aarhus University, Denmark, examine the major limiting factors for microbial degradation in Arctic environments.

Sea ice algae blooms in the dark

07.02.2018
Researchers from Aarhus University have measured a new world record: Small ice algae on the underside of the Arctic sea ice live and grow at a light level corresponding to only 0.02% of the light at the surface of the ice. Algae are the primary component of the Arctic food web and produce food far earlier in the year than previously thought.

Making the Arctic accessible for excellent science

05.02.2018
EU funds an Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium, which will provide researchers with improved access to research icebreakers.

PhD course in Aquatic Microbial and Molecular Ecology 2018

03.02.2018

Dear Colleague,

Combined nutrients and warming massively increase methane emissions from lakes

30.01.2018

Shallow lakes may be a serious source for methane release to the atmosphere. (Photo: Ben Goldsmith).

 

By Peter Bondo

Deadline extended for Sentinel North PhD School onboard the CCGS Amundsen, 12-24 July 2018

30.01.2018

Dear colleagues,

Puzzling heat from deep inside the earth is melting Greenland's glaciers - Newsweek

29.01.2018

Scientists already know that the Greenland ice sheet is melting. But the hidden heat source originating from deep inside the Earth partially responsible for that melting has been a mystery.

Nuuk scientist receives distinguished prize

29.01.2018

Lene Kielsen Holm from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, along with her research group, has just received the honourable international Mohn Prize of 1 million Norwegian Kroner. The prize is awarded for outstanding research related to the Arctic.

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