Arctic fjords are social-ecological systems
Glacier fronts and sea ice systems are hotspots of biodiversity. Their retreat will pose threats to Arctic coastal ecosystem function and eventually local livelihoods. The Arctic is a harbinger of the consequences of multiple global and regional environmental change on ecosystems and livelihoods: The overarching objective of FACE-IT is to enable adaptive co-management of social-ecological fjord systems in the Arctic in the face of rapid cryosphere and biodiversity changes.
Check out this video introduction to FACE-IT: The Changing Arctic Fjord Systems
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Latest Updates
First biennial Greenland Marine Research Seminar co-organized by FACE-IT
The first biennial Greenland Marine Research Seminar hosted by the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) brought together the Davis Strait Observing System as well as the FACE-IT and ECOTIP projects with stakeholders, managers, and researchers from 45 different national and international institutions and organizations to discuss marine research.
Sustainable Arctic cruise tourism workshop co-organized by FACE-IT
"How is cruise tourism developing in Greenland and how to secure the balancing of interests and concerns of businesses and communities in a fragile environment?" This was the topic of a seminar organized by the FACE-IT project together with the Sustainable Arctic Cruise Communities project and hosted by AAU Arctic at Aalborg University and Visit Greenland.
FACE-IT attending workshop of the European Commission and the European Space Agency
Conference from 22 to 24 November 2023
FACE-IT colleagues contributing to the Nansen Legacy Symposium
Conference from 06 to 09 November 2023
Invitation: Workshop on sustainable Arctic cruise tourism development in Nuuk, Greenland
“Cruise trouble”: How to sustainably develop Arctic cruise tourism? Join our seminar to learn about how different Arctic destinations cope with cruise tourism and how cruise tourism impacts communities and the environment. Share your views on whether or how to include more voices in the development of cruise tourism in Greenland.
Anaïs Lebrun: First FACE-IT PhD thesis defended
On 23 October 2023, Anaïs Lebrun sucessfully defended her PhD thesis, entitled "Responses of shallow arctic benthic communities to climate change". Anaïs is working within the FACE-IT project at the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, which belongs to Sorbonne University.
FACE-IT at the Svalbard Science Conference 2023
Conference from 31 October to 01 November 2023
Impact of winter freshwater from tidewater glaciers on fjords in Svalbard and Greenland; A review
This review paper is the first to collect and synthesise the available knowledge, across various disciplines, on the importance of wintertime freshwater inflow from tidewater glaciers into Arctic fjords. While surface melt is limited during winter, tidewater glaciers can continue to deliver freshwater into the marine environment.