Glacier in Svalbard’s Magdalenefjord. Image: Jørn Berger-Nyvoll / UiT One of the most prolific cities for studying the Arctic regions is going from strength to strength, with the Centre for Ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3) attracting more and more...
It is not a building that jumps in your eyes when you walk around central Nuuk but it was here at Inatsisartut, Greenland’s parliament, that the decision for Greenland to join the Paris Agreement was made last week. Image : Ole Ellekrog Greenland is simultaneously...
Energy is everywhere and circulates en masse, the question is how to exploit it while decarbonizing the economy. Image: Jochen Vogt Arctic communities are growing and need energy. Decarbonized energy is attracting the interest of political decision-makers and certain...
This Antarctic krill has had a good meal of phytoplankton, indicated by the green colour of its stomach. The larger the krill, the more it can eat and excrete. And the bigger the faecal pellets, the higher the carbon export to the deep sea. (Photo: Uwe...
Baleen whales like this fin whale play an important role in the carbon cycle, but their contribution is apparently too small to have much of an impact on global warming (Photo: Julia Hager) Whales play an essential role in marine ecosystems and in the carbon cycle,...