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Studying records of natural climate change and the relief of the ocean floor |
02.11.2007 |
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More than 8,600 km2 of ocean floor mapped and 31
metres of ocean sediment extracted are the results of the spanish SVAIS
expedition in Svalbard waters this summer.
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Ground Penetrating Radar as a tool for Cryosphere Characterization |
01.11.2007 |
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Ola Brandt will defend his PhD-thesis "Application
of Ground Penetrating Radar as a tool for Cryosphere Characterization"
in Oslo on 2 November 2007.
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The dynamics of Svalbard glaciers |
31.10.2007 |
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Changes in calving and surging glaciers can have
major consequences for life in the Arctic. A new PhD-project at UNIS
aims at increasing the understanding of glacier changes in a shifting
climate.
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Arktisstipend -
funding of fieldwork in Svalbard |
24.10.2007 |
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Svalbard Science Forum allocates funding of
fieldwork in Svalbard to Master students, PhD students and researchers
from Norwegian institutions. Proposal deadline 20 November.
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Properties and deformation behaviour of first-year sea ice features |
20.10.2007 |
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Civil engineer Svetlana Shafrova has defended her
PhD-thesis ”First-year sea ice features: Investigation of ice field
strength heterogeneity and modelling of ice rubble behaviour” at the
University Centre in Svalbard.
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List of IPY-activities in Svalbard online |
08.10.2007 |
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An overview of IPY-projects active in Svalbard is now
available on the SSF-webpages. Currently, 31 international and 9 national
registered IPY projects have activities ongoing in Svalbard.
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The project CO2-free Svalbard has started trial drilling |
03.10.2007 |
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A core drilling of the bedrocks beneath
Longyearbyen started last Thursday to investigate if the bedrock
contains the right sedimentary layers for depositing CO2. It is the
first time drilling for CO2 deposits has been done in Norway.
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Svalbard's glaciers thinning at an accelerated rate |
28.09.2007 |
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Joint research carried out by the Swansea
University, UK and the Norwegian Polar Institute has found acceleration
in the thinning rate on the western Svalbard glaciers.
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Consequences of tooth wear in reindeer |
24.09.2007 |
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Age related tooth wear has significant consequences
for digestive processes and energy gain in Svalbard reindeer.
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How terrestrial insects survive the Arctic winters |
14.09.2007 |
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The Arctic springtail Onychiurus arcticus
regularly survives temperatures of -14°C and re-emerges in the spring.
Researchers investigate the processes behind this tolerance against
extreme conditions.
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"Geodiversity of Polar
Landforms" - Regional Conference on Geomorphology, Svalbard, 1-5 Aug 2007 |
12.09.2007 |
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Geomorphologists from all over the world had an
unique opportunity to see polar landforms in selected places on Svalbard.
The meeting attracted 41 scientists from 16 countries - a number limited
by the capacity of the research ship that was taking people to visit
Polish research stations on Svalbard.
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Svalbard offers great testing ground for
a mission to Mars (AMASE) |
03.09.2007 |
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Scientists and researchers were conducting the
Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) 2007 in Svalbard, Norway,
from August 12-26.
The objective of the expedition was to study an extreme Mars-like
environment using instruments and techniques that may be used for future
planetary missions.
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Quantifying the natural variability of Arctic climate |
30.08.2007 |
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An IPY-cruise sets out to study the history of the
inflow of Atlantic water to the Arctic Ocean and into the
Kongsfjord-Krossfjord system since the last deglaciation.
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Invertebrate diversity of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard |
29.08.2007 |
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During August 2007 two UNIS biology projects
travelled to Kinnvika on Nordaustlandet to examine a region of Svalbard
rarely visited by biologists.
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Arctic marine invertebrates go hot and cold |
27.08.2007 |
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A research team from the British Antarctic Survey
BAS, Natural Environment Research Council NERC investigates the
temperature adaptation and sensitivity of marine animals.
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Call for Proposals: European Centre for Arctic
Environmental Research ARCFAC |
23.08.2007 |
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European research teams are offered free access
(including travel) to the Ny-Ålesund Research Infrastructure in
Svalbard, Norway.
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Record low summer ice cover |
22.08.2007 |
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This years summer ice cover is far below the
average over the last 30 years - and the summer melting period still
continues.
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