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Navigating a changing Arctic: toward adaptive governance in Greenland and Svalbard
Tourism is vital in ensuring thriving communities in peripheral areas of the Arctic.…
Tolerance of organisms composing an Arctic kelp community to ocean warming and marine heatwaves
The Arctic region is experiencing rapid warming and an increase in the frequency and…
FACE-IT insights at the “Fjords in a changing climate” workshop in Stalheim, Norway
Sarina Niedzwiedz (University of Bremen) and Tobias Vonnahme (Greenland Institute of…
Cheshtaa Chitkara: Fourth PhD thesis defended within FACE-IT
On 28 May 2025, Cheshtaa Chitkara successfully defended her PhD thesis, entitled…
Putting brakes on Expedition Cruise Tourism in Svalbard: exercising power at the expense of legitimacy?
Ecosystems in the Arctic are affected by multiple stressors caused by climate and…
Billefjorden’s benthic biodiversity: the impact of glacier retreat on faunal communities in a high Arctic fjord
Glaciers cover approximately 60% of the Svalbard archipelago, but despite extensive…
Changes in the Coastal Wind Field and River Runoff Conditions Expose Kongsfjorden (Svalbard) to the Influence of Atlantic Water
Kongsfjorden is located in West Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago. Its hydrography…
Luisa Düsedau: Third PhD thesis defended within FACE-IT
On 06 February 2025, Luisa Düsedau successfully defended her PhD thesis, entitled…
Seasonality and interannual variability of an Arctic marine time series, IsA
Glacier fronts are hotspots of pelagic productivity due to upwelling of…
Loss of pelagic fish and zooplankton density associated with subglacial upwelling in high Arctic estuaries may be mitigated by benthic habitat expansion following tidewater glacier retreat
Glacier fronts are hotspots of pelagic productivity due to upwelling of…
Marine heatwaves in the Subarctic and the effect of acute temperature change on the key grazer Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Echinoidea, Echinodermata)
Subarctic fjord systems are facing a continuous temperature increase as well as more…
Run-off impacts on Arctic kelp holobionts have strong implications on ecosystem functioning and bioeconomy
Kelps (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) are foundation species along Arctic rocky shores,…
FACE-IT project leader Kai Bischof presents future research needs for Arctic biodiversity at EU PolarNet town hall event
EU-PolarNet co-coordinates the EU Polar Cluster and, hence, is connecting all…
Arktische Fjorde im Wandel – Was ist das „Neue Normal“?
30. November 2024: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Kai Bischof [in German]
Impact of climate change on the kelp Laminaria digitata – simulated Arctic winter warming
The Arctic is seasonally exposed to long periods of low temperatures and complete…
Multifactorial effects of warming, low irradiance, and low salinity on Arctic kelps
The Arctic is projected to warm by 2 to 5 °C by the end of the century. Warming…
Summer primary production of Arctic kelp communities is more affected by duration than magnitude of simulated marine heatwaves
Fjord systems in the Norwegian Arctic are experiencing an increasing frequency and…
Sarina Niedzwiedz: Second PhD thesis defended within FACE-IT
On 20 September 2024, Sarina Niedzwiedz successfully defended her PhD thesis,…
FACE-IT keynote lecture and poster exhibition at ICYMARE 2024 BREMEN
Conference from 16 to 20 September 2024
Photoperiod and temperature interactions drive the latitudinal distribution of Laminaria hyperborea (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) under climate change
Due to global rises in temperature, recent studies predict marine species shifting…
Acoustic mapping reveals macroalgal settlement following a retreating glacier front in the High Arctic
Vegetated coastal marine ecosystems are projected to expand northwards in the Arctic…
Last Annual Meeting of FACE-IT in Copenhagen, Denmark
FACE-IT is slowly coming towards its end. Yet, the whole team is still working on…
Sea ice as habitat for microalgae, bacteria, virus, fungi, meio- and macrofauna: A review of an extreme environment
The novel concept of the review is a focus on the organisms living in the sea ice…
Seasonality in phytoplankton communities and production in three Arctic fjords across a climate gradient
Phytoplankton communities and production in Arctic fjords undergo strong seasonal…
Arctic benthos in the Anthropocene: Distribution and drivers of epifauna in West Greenland
Albeit remote, Arctic benthic ecosystems are impacted by fisheries and climate…
Interannual site fidelity by Svalbard walruses
The Arctic is experiencing rapid reductions in sea ice, affecting all ice-dependant…
Kelp forest community structure and demography in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard) across 25 years of Arctic warming
The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard is a hotspot of global warming and many fjords…
FACE-IT contributions to the World Biodiversity Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland
Conference from 16 to 21 June 2024
Desirable futures for Arctic biodiversity: FACE-IT contributed insights from coastal environmental economics
In the frame of the World Biodiversity Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland, the FACE-IT…
Underwater light environment in Arctic fjords
Most inhabitants of the Arctic live near the coastline, which includes fjord systems…
An Arctic sea ice spring bloom driven and dominated by Dinoflagellates – a harbinger of the future sea ice?
The sea ice spring bloom is crucial for sustaining Arctic marine food webs, with sea…
FACE-IT joins workshop of the Svalbard Social Science Initiative
In the frame of the Arctic Congress in Bodø (29 May - 03 June 2024), the Svalbard…
The 2024 EU Arctic Forum, Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue and EU-Arctic Youth Dialogues
Conference from 14 to 15 May 2024
FACE-IT invited to expert panel on EU-US Arctic Cooperation
On 06 May, FACE-IT project coordinator Kai Bischof (Marine Botany, University of…
Productivity of mixed kelp communities in an Arctic fjord exhibit tolerance to a future climate
Arctic fjords are considered to be one of the ecosystems changing most rapidly in…
Arctic puzzle: Pioneering a northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) habitat model in Disko Bay, West Greenland
Recent advancements in spatial modelling leverage remote sensing data and…
FACE-IT workshop on management options to mitigate climate change effects in Lakselv, Finnmark
On 08 April 2024, FACE-IT and the collaborating project "Future Arctic Lives"…
EU Engagement in the Arctic: Challenges to Achieving Ambitions in an Area outside Its Jurisdiction
The European Union (EU) has underscored its will to heighten its engagement in the…
The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima II: Recent advances in farming and applications
The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima has received intense scientific attention over…
Light-mediated temperature susceptibility of kelp species (Agarum clathratum, Saccharina latissima) in an Arctic summer heatwave scenario
Kelps (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) are ecosystem engineers along Arctic rocky…
Seafloor primary production in a changing Arctic Ocean
Phytoplankton and sea ice algae are traditionally considered to be the main primary…
Ice type matters: impacts of landfast and drift ice on body condition in a high Arctic seabird community
Sea ice, a central component of polar ecosystems, is undergoing profound changes due…
Environmental drivers of Arctic communities based on metabarcoding of marine sediment eDNA
Our ability to assess biodiversity at relevant spatial and temporal scales for…
Technical note: An autonomous flow-through salinity and temperature perturbation mesocosm system for multi-stressor experiments
The rapid environmental changes in aquatic systems as a result of anthropogenic…
FACE-IT co-organized workshops in Porsanger, Finnmark
The FACE-IT colleagues Camilla Risvoll and Solveig Øye Bjørdal from the Nordland…
The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima I: recent advances in a changing climate
The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima is a Laminariales species widely distributed in…
Arctic infrastructure: Considerations in the green transition
The global green transition has put a new focus on the Arctic region and its…
Five social science intervention areas for ocean sustainability initiatives
Ocean sustainability initiatives – in research, policy, management and development –…
First biennial Greenland Marine Research Seminar co-organized by FACE-IT
The first biennial Greenland Marine Research Seminar hosted by the Greenland…
Sustainable Arctic cruise tourism workshop co-organized by FACE-IT
"How is cruise tourism developing in Greenland and how to secure the balancing of…
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…
Spatial Variability in the Primary Production Rates and Biomasses (Chl a) of Sea Ice Algae in the Canadian Arctic–Greenland Region: A Review
The aims of this review are to elucidate the spatial variation in the primary…
Anaïs Lebrun: First FACE-IT PhD thesis defended
On 23 October 2023, Anaïs Lebrun sucessfully defended her PhD thesis, entitled…
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,…
Population development and ecophysiology of the sea urchins Strongylocentrotus sp. in Porsangerfjorden, Finnmark, Norway
In August 2023, three researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the…
Invitation to Greenland Marine Research Seminar
The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR), partner in the FACE-IT project,…
Wälder unter Wasser – Großalgen und ihre Gemeinschaften
[in German] Public lectures in the House of Science Bremen
A dataset for investigating socio-ecological changes in Arctic fjords
The collection of in situ data is generally a costly process, with the Arctic being…
Future kelp forest communities on Greenland
Nora Diehl and Sarina Niedzwiedz from the University of Bremen conducted a field…
High-frequency, year-round time series of the carbonate chemistry in a high-Arctic fjord (Svalbard)
The Arctic Ocean is subject to high rates of ocean warming and acidification, with…
Glacier retreat alters downstream fjord ecosystem structure and function in Greenland
The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is accelerating, with glaciers shifting from…
A fjord with a land-terminating glacier: Meltwater, bio-optics, particulate matter, nutrients, phytoplankton species, and primary production in west Greenland
Land-terminating glaciers and submarine melting of marine-terminating glaciers are…
Exploring intraspecific variability – biochemical and morphological traits of the sugar kelp Saccharina latissima along latitudinal and salinity gradients in Europe
Broadly distributed seaweeds, such as the boreal-temperate kelp species Saccharina…
Coping with rapid and cascading changes in Svalbard: the case of nature-based tourism in Svalbard
Tourism has been booming in Svalbard and has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels.…
FACE-IT Scientists Meet for Workshop on Ecosystem Function Changes in Rønbjerg, Denmark
From 14 to 17 May 2023, FACE-IT scientists involved in the research area Ecosystem…
Ecological impacts of climate change on Arctic marine megafauna
Global warming affects the Arctic more than any other region. Mass media constantly…
Status of Arctic kelp forests around Svalbard
The Arctic and Svalbard in particular is warming at a rate far beyond the global…
Influence of terrestrial run-off on kelp elemental composition and associated microbial community
End of August 2022, Sarina Niedzwiedz from the University of Bremen conducted a…
Lill Rastad Bjørst from Denmark’s Aalborg University to Participate in Fulbright Arctic Week Activities in Washington D.C.
Dr. Lill Rastad Bjørst from Aalborg University is one of nineteen scholars who will…
FACE-IT Workshop on the future Porsangerfjord, Nordkapp
FACE-IT, the project Future Arctic Lives and the Porsanger Municipality invited to a…
Effects of Arctic commercial shipping on environments and communities: context, governance, priorities
Increasing shipping traffic in the Arctic Ocean creates an emerging need to…
Demographic responses of Arctic seabirds to spring sea-ice variations
The Arctic experiences a rapid retreat of sea-ice, particularly in spring and…
Master thesis project at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources GINR, Nuuk
Phytoplankton primary production is the base of the marine food web. Consequently,…
Successful Policy Briefing “Arctic Biodiversity, climate and food security” in Brussels
CHARTER, ECOTIP and FACE-IT, three EU-funded projects that are researching on…
Two Master theses on plankton available at UNIS, Svalbard
The University Centre in Svalbard UNIS is running the northernmost high-frequent…
Successful FACE-IT contributions at the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2023
Conference from 17 to 24 February 2023.
Managing Svalbard Tourism: Inconsistencies and Conflicts of Interest
The Svalbard Archipelago has experienced a rapid increase in tourism-related…
Glacial retreat and rising temperatures are limiting the expansion of temperate kelp species in the future Arctic
Kelps act as ecosystem engineers on many polar rocky shore coastlines. The…
Policy Briefing “Arctic Biodiversity, climate and food security”
FACE-IT, ECOTIP and CHARTER, the three Horizon 2020 projects working on Arctic…
Drivers of Change in Arctic Fjord Socio-ecological Systems: Examples from the European Arctic
Fjord systems are transition zones between land and sea, resulting in complex and…
To Live Up to Our Name “Greenland”: Politics of Comparison in Greenland’s Green Transition
In 2021, the Government of Greenland made an active, discursive shift in the…
Glacial meltwater determines the balance between autotrophic and heterotrophic processes in a Greenland fjord
Global warming accelerates melting of glaciers and increases the supply of meltwater…
Impact of climate change on Arctic macroalgal communities
The Arctic region faces a warming rate that is more than twice the global average.…
FACE-IT Scenario Workshop in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
On 25 October 2022, FACE-IT in collaboration with the BalancingAct project (funded…
Arctic fjords without ice? Biological and societal effects of melting glaciers
Public Colloquium: 30 November 2022
High Ecophysiological Plasticity of Desmarestia aculeata (Phaeophyceae) Present in an Arctic Fjord under Varying Salinity and Irradiance Conditions
The seaweed Desmarestia aculeata (Phaeophyceae) is distributed in the temperate zone…
Light and freshwater discharge drive the biogeochemistry and microbial ecology in a sub-Arctic fjord over the Polar night
The polar night has recently received increased attention as a surprisingly active…
Coastal freshening drives acidification state in Greenland fjords
Greenland’s fjords and coastal waters are highly productive and sustain important…
Global seaweed productivity
The magnitude and distribution of net primary production (NPP) in the coastal ocean…
Seasonal mesozooplankton patterns and timing of life history events in high-arctic fjord environments
Seasonal patterns in mesozooplankton composition, vertical distribution, and timing…
Adaptation and acclimation processes of Arctic seaweeds and macrozoobenthos of Porsangerfjorden
In summer 2022, a group of scientists of the University of Bremen and the Alfred…
Biodiversity and biomass of the intertidal and shallow subtidal seaweeds of Porsangerfjorden
In summer 2022, a team of 4 scientists specialized on seaweeds (from Germany, Norway…
Video survey of deep benthic macroalgae and macroalgal detritus along a glacial Arctic fjord: Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen)
In Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen), we quantified the zonation of visually dominant…
Consequences of Atlantification on a Zooplanktivorous Arctic Seabird
Global warming, combined with an increasing influence of Atlantic Waters in the…
FACE-IT Scenario Workshop in Nuuk, Greenland
On 26 August 2022, FACE-IT will be hosting a scenario workshop in Nuuk, Greenland,…
Kelp Forest Distribution in the Nordic Region
Kelp forests are productive coastal ecosystems that provide a range of ecosystem…
Implementation and evaluation of open boundary conditions for sea ice in a regional coupled ocean (ROMS) and sea ice (CICE) modeling system
The Los Alamos Sea Ice Model (CICE) is used by several Earth system models where sea…
New Research Topic in “Frontiers in Marine Science”: Tourism and Outdoor Recreation in a Melting World
Halvor Dannevig from the Western Norway Research Institute is co-editing a new…
Advancements of sustainable development goals in co-production for climate change adaptation research
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a new discursive regime…
Hyposalinity affects diurnal photoacclimation patterns in the rhodophyte Palmaria palmata under mimicked Arctic summer conditions
Ocean temperatures have increased during 2011–2020, causing significant changes in…
Highly Productive Ice Algal Mats in Arctic Melt Ponds: Primary Production and Carbon Turnover
Arctic summer sea ice extent is decreasing and thinning, forming melt ponds that…
Fish Assemblages of a Sub-Arctic Fjord Show Early Signals of Climate Change Response Contrary to the Benthic Assemblages
Arctic benthic ecosystems are facing high-speed environmental changes, such as…
Major Expansion of Marine Forests in a Warmer Arctic
Accelerating warming and associated loss of sea ice are expected to promote the…
The importance of turbulent ocean–sea ice nutrient exchanges for simulation of ice algal biomass and production with CICE6.1 and Icepack 1.2
Different sea ice models apply unique approaches in the computation of nutrient…
Cetacean spatial trends from 2005 to 2019 in Svalbard, Norway
This study uses cetacean sighting data, acquired via a citizen science programme, to…
Differential acclimation responses to irradiance and temperature in two co-occurring seaweed species in Arctic fjords
Arctic fjord systems experience large amplitudes of change in temperature and…
Cryosphere reduction and related shifts in Arctic biodiversity
The Ny-Ålesund research station has a long tradition in international and…
Summer Heatwave Impacts on the European Kelp Saccharina latissima Across Its Latitudinal Distribution Gradient
Kelps are important foundation species in coastal ecosystems currently experiencing…
Towards a Unifying Pan-Arctic Perspective of the Contemporary and Future Arctic Ocean
Since 2002 the pan-arctic integration symposia has attempted to figure out how the…
Upwelling Irradiance below Sea Ice—PAR Intensities and Spectral Distributions
Snow cover on sea ice is the most important factor controlling light availability…
Photobiological Effects on Ice Algae of a Rapid Whole-Fjord Loss of Snow Cover during Spring Growth in Kangerlussuaq, a West Greenland Fjord
Snow cover on sea ice is the most important factor controlling light availability…
Nutrients in Water Masses in the Atlantic Sector of the Arctic Ocean: Temporal Trends, Mixing and Links With Primary Production
There is strong evidence of an increase in primary production (PP) in the Arctic…
Editorial: Towards a Unifying Pan-Arctic Perspective of the Contemporary and Future Arctic Ocean
An international symposium addressing pan-Arctic perspectives of the marine…
Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) vocalizations across seasons and habitat types in Svalbard, Norway
Male bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) use vocal displays to attract females and…
Freshening increases the susceptibility to heat stress in intertidal mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Arctic
Temperatures in the Arctic are increasing at a faster pace than at lower latitudes…
Distribution and habitat characteristics of pinnipeds and polar bears in the Svalbard Archipelago, 2005–2018
This study presents comprehensive mapping of the current distribution of pinnipeds…
Systemer i et klimaforandret Arktis
Systemer i et klimaforandret Arktis: Den svære dialog mellem fakta- og…
Imprint of Climate Change on Pan-Arctic Marine Vegetation
The Arctic climate is changing rapidly. The warming and resultant longer open water…
FACE-IT Kick-off Meeting
Four days full of information and getting to know new colleagues! The FACE-IT…
„The new Arctic“ – public lectures to start FACE-IT
Right at the start of the FACE-IT project, the wide public was invited to attend a…
Official Start of FACE-IT
With November 1, 2020, we started the EU project FACE-IT (“The Future of Arctic…
The new Arctic: Ecological and societal transitions in glacial fjord systems
Public Colloquium: 25 November 2020