In the Arctic Ocean archipelagos between 74° and 81° N latitude, including Svalbard, Arctic char(Salvelinus alpinus) is the only freshwater fish species. Image: Michael Wenger In Svalbard, freshwater fish benefit from slightly warmer water than usual in the lakes they...
Arctic fisheries is a very lucrative business but also impacted by climate change. But due to shifts in ocean currents, new upwelling areas could provide new fishing ground. Image: NOAA Fisheries Scan, Wiki Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Due to climatic changes, ocean currents...
Three days with 100% Arctic, focused on future challenges in all fields: energy, community development, large-scale economy… Thousands of participants packed Reykjavik’s convention center. Hundreds of presentations, round tables, plenary sessions and...
Researchers of the EastGRIP project, a 14-nations research project on ice core drilling on the Greenland ice sheet, recently made a significant discovery: ice streams flow as a single block into the oceans, sliding on mud rather than on water. This discovery will have...
In winter, dog sleds are the best way to get around, along with snowmobiles. As dogs excrete their waste (front right), nutrients from the waste enter the soil and provide nourishment for plants and microorganisms. (Photo: Michael Wenger) One type of animal living on...
