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FACE-IT in the Media
- Movie about FACE-IT research in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard in 2021 in the local Bremen TV news “Buten un Binnen” (12 December 2021): https://www.butenunbinnen.de/videos/arktis-forschung-klimawandel-uni-bremen-100.html
- Interview with Kai Bischof in the local Bremen TV news “Buten un Binnen” (12 December 2021): https://www.butenunbinnen.de/videos/talk-forschung-uni-bremen-arktis-projekt-koordinator-kai-bischof-100.html
- Article about FACE-IT research of Uni Bremen in Kongsfjorden on the Uni Bremen Faculty 02 homepage (13 July 2021): https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb2/news/detailansicht/einfluss-der-gletscherschmelze-auf-meeresalgen-der-arktis
- Article about FACE-IT research in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (08 July 2021): https://nyalesundresearch.no/2021/07/face-it-a-large-scale-european-research-project-from-the-ny-alesund-perspective/
- Radio interview with Kai Bischof on Euranetplus (16 November 2020): https://www.euranetplus.de/2020/11/14/treffpunkt-europa-klimaschutz-die-arktis-und-die-eu/ a
- Article from Euranetplus (16 November 2020): https://www.euranetplus.de/2020/11/16/klimawandel-in-der-arktis-hat-auswirkungen-auf-die-eu/
- Article in the local Bremen newspaper “Weserkurier” (25 February 2020): https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/stadtteil-horn-lehe/eine-million-euro-fuer-die-bremer-uni-doc7e45r1itzi11akxtz81r
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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