While the drifting of sea ice in the Arctic has been subject of many studies, this new publication by Sukun Cheng, Laurent Bertino (both NERSC), Pierre Rampal (Université Grenoble Alpes and NERSC) and others, is adding valuable findings to forecasting drift trajectories.

New findings on the Atlantic El Niño - Noel Keenlyside (NERSC, UiB/GFI, BCCR) co-author on study published in Nature Communications 

- Press release by GEOMAR - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel - 

14 world leaders, among them Erna Solberg, have committed to managing 100% of the national waters sustainably.

This initiative is the “Ocean Panel” (High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy). Their aims are to protect the ocean, and to solve global challenges. A healthy ocean is crucial for our wellbeing: Human and planetary health depend on it, climate and food security are tied to it, and both local jobs and the global economy rely upon it.

Following the annual meeting for the Nansen Legacy project, which the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center is a partner of, we want to present our research contributing to the project. NERSC provides a sea ice model to the project, which has important implications.

The mission to rescue moorings in the Beaufort Sea that had to be planned on short notice, has succeeded! All three moorings hold scientific instruments and data recorded for the CAATEX project since September 2019. They have been picked up by Hanne Sagen, her team, and the KV Svalbard crew under extremely harsh Arctic conditions.

Richard Davy and Stephen Outten (NERSC) published an article in the Journal of Climate, titled “The Arctic Surface Climate in CMIP6: Status and Developments since CMIP5”. Their work shows how phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) has improved from phase 5, with regard to the representation of Arctic climate in the models used in CMIP.

Once again, the ice breaker KV Svalbard has set course for the Arctic Ocean. Onboard are NERSC researchers Hanne Sagen and Espen Storheim who plan to retrieve equipment from the CAATEX-project to prevent data loss. This mission was planned on short notice – exceptional circumstances made it necessary. 

Fridtjof Nansen lot polarskuta «Fram» fryse inn i pakkisen i Arktis for 127 år siden for å bevise hvordan havisen driver over Polhavet. I dag tjener mer enn 400 små håndmalte trebåter samme formål og driver gjennom Arktis på et isflak akkurat nå.

Hvem malte disse små trebåtene, og hvorfor er de der ute?

Båter fra Gjesdal Ungdomsskole: Foto: Asbjørn Hjørnevik