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| Spectacular find could rewrite polar bear history |
17.12.07 |
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In 2004 UNIS geology students found an ancient polar bear jawbone at Svalbard. This find could confirm that polar bears already have survived one interglacial period, bringing hope that they also can survive the current warming climate.
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| Ph.D. student awarded UNIS grant |
13.12.07 |
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Monica Sund, Ph.D. student at UNIS, has received a grant of NOK
20 000 from the Jan Christensen endowment for the advancement of studies and research at UNIS.
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| The dynamics of Svalbard glaciers |
31.10.07 |
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Calving and surging glaciers play a major role in delivering land ice to Arctic waters. Changes in calving frequency might impact sea transport, fisheries and oil exploration in the Arctic. However, these changes are poorly understood. A new Ph.D. project at UNIS aims at increasing the understanding of glacier changes in a shifting climate.
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| Earth is setting the agenda for climate change |
25.10.07 |
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- The Earth, not people, is setting the agenda regarding climate change. We need to prepare for a warmer climate, because it will be a reality, Dr. James Lovelock said at a special seminar about climate change at UNIS yesterday.
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| Safety and Svalbard:
Polar bear, climate change and terror |
19.10.07 |
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Is the safety aspect different now than before? This is one of the questions to be analyzed at the safety course that UNIS, together with the University in Tromsø, is arranging in Longyearbyen next week.
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| Frontier work at Mediumfjellet |
12.10.07 |
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Tine, Nancy and Pierre spent a month 450 meters up on a mountain top to collect new geological data. All in all, your average student summer camp? Not quite, as their work will result in geological maps to be redrawn!
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| Ph.D. defense on First-year sea ice |
05.10.07 |
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Civil engineer Svetlana Shafrova will defend her Ph.D thesis ”First-year sea ice features: Investigation of ice field strength heterogeneity and modeling of ice rubble behaviour” at UNIS on Friday, October 12th.
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| UNIS and NGU enter agreement |
02.10.07 |
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UNIS and the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) recently entered a cooperative agreement. The aim is to strengthen the cooperative research efforts between the two institutions, and thus strengthen the Norwegian participation in international Arctic research projects.
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| CO2 free Svalbard under way |
01.10.07 |
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The vision of a CO2-free Svalbard by 2025 is becoming a reality. Last week the first trial drilling for finding the best CO2 depository sediments started. This study will be implemented in the UNIS course portfolio next year.
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| Consequences of tooth wear in reindeer |
19.09.07 |
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Age related tooth wear has significant consequences for digestive processes and energy gain in Svalbard reindeer, concludes UNIS Ph.D. candidate Vebjørn Veiberg in his thesis. He will be defending his thesis on September 21st at the University of Oslo.
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| Svalex 2007: The world’s biggest student excursion? |
10.09.07 |
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90 petroleum students and 50 staff members recently gathered at Svalbard for the annual Svalex course. It might very well be the world’s biggest student excursion.
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| UNIS and AWI sign cooperative agreement |
03.09.07 |
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In connection with the visit of the Norwegian and German foreign ministers to Svalbard last week, UNIS and the German research organization Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in Polar sciences.
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| Fencing in on climate issues |
12.07.07 |
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Climate change may bring more snow in the winter on Svalbard. Can the plants that thrive in the current harsh Arctic climate survive such a development? UNIS biologist Elisabeth Cooper hopes to find the answer – with the help of snow fences.
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| Solving the karst lake mystery at Kapp Linné |
06.07.07 |
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Are the lakes in the Kapp Linné area on Svalbard formed by tectonic faulting or by karst? UNIS students Mari Vestland and Pål Buskum might have found the answer on their two week field stay at idyllic Kapp Linné.
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| Sea ice experts gather at UNIS |
02.07.07 |
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The world’s foremost experts on sea ice are gathered at UNIS to participate in the International Sea-Ice Summer School. 92 participants from all over the world are going to take part in the two week long summer school in Svalbard that started today.
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| UNIS research presented at Zooplankton Production Symposium in Hiroshima |
21.06.07 |
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UNIS Post-Doc Claudia Halsband-Lenk was recently invited to Japan to present her first results from a NFR-sponsored project exploring variability patterns in life history traits of important plankton organisms.
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| Plant seeds spread frequently to Svalbard |
15.06.07 |
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Research shows that plants have spread frequently in the Arctic and that an increase in temperatures may result in that many new plants species pop up in Svalbard.
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| The Frozen Five are back! |
14.06.07 |
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After 77 days, 1000 km on ski and one sunburn, the Frozen Five have returned. Hella, Lucas, Mats, Ulli, Kim and André the dog made it safely back to Longyearbyen and UNIS after skiing around Spitsbergen.
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| Ice
Edge’s third expedition to Rijpfjorden |
14.06.07 |
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For the third time this spring,
scientists and students of two
projects led by UNIS marine biologist
Jørgen Berge, completed an extensive
field sampling campaign in Rijpfjorden on Nordaustlandet, one of the most remote areas in Svalbard.
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| Explaining intrusion of warm water in West Spitsbergen fjords |
01.06.07 |
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The ocean monitoring program in West Spitsbergen show that in the winter 2005/06, periods of sustained northerly winds caused extensive flooding of the coastal waters with warm Atlantic Water from the West Spitsbergen Current, thus interrupting the normal cycle of ice formation.
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| Testing oil pollution in Arctic waters |
22.05.07 |
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Recently two Arctic Technology courses set sail southwards to perform basic experiments on the behavior of oil pollution in ice infested waters, and to measure the strength of sea ice ridges to estimate ice loads on offshore structures in the Barents Sea.
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| Investigating the secrets of the Arctic Ocean |
14.05.07 |
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The Arctic Ocean floor hides many climate secrets. Students in Arctic Marine Geology at UNIS went out to investigate a few of them on a four day cruise with F/F “Jan Mayen”.
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| Warmer Gulf Stream waters melt fjord ice on Svalbard |
11.05.07 |
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For the first time the warm West-Spitsbergen current is appearing near the surface at 79° N. This means that the fjord ice on Svalbard is disappearing at great speed.
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| Successful Permafrost Course |
09.05.07 |
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The new UNIS course, AG-330 Permafrost and Periglacial Environments, concluded last week. The course, where students from seven nations participated, has been a success.
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| Around Spitsbergen in 80 days |
29.03.07 |
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The five former UNIS students started their ski trip from Longyearbyen to South Cape after lunch today. The five, accompanied by four sledges and a dog, will then go from the South Cape all the way to the North Cape of Spitsbergen before returning to Longyearbyen.
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| Migrating geese and their food plants |
02.03.07 |
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Svalbard has many important stopover sites for migrating geese during the spring. Only a few of these stopover sites are known today. There is a pressing need to identify more of these sites in order to implement effective management actions, concludes Christiane E. Hübner in her Ph.D. thesis, which she will defend at UNIS March 8th 2007.
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| The IPY is here! |
01.03.07 |
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UNIS celebrated the opening of the IPY 2007-08 from early morning until late evening, with seminars, speeches and artwork. The 7th graders at the Longyearbyen School have, together with local artist Olaf Storø, made magnificent ice sculptures which were admired by many.
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| The Arctic backpacker |
19.02.07 |
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Californian Laurel McFadden (22) is spending a year trekking around the Arctic. Just now she is spending 3 months at UNIS before she heads for Siberia.
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| IPY blogs from the High Arctic |
14.02.07 |
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Five UNIS students are going write about their lives on the International Polar Year (IPY) blog.
– It will be a channel to the world about student life at UNIS, say Matilda Hallerstig and Sanna Kallio.
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| Ph.D. defense lecture at UNIS |
11.01.07 |
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Civil engineer Per Olav Moslet will defend his Ph.D. thesis ”In-situ Measurements of Sea-Ice Parameters that Affect the Loads on Coastal and Offshore Structures” at UNIS on Monday.
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| International Sea-Ice Summer School at UNIS |
04.01.07 |
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The University Centre in Svalbard is hosting the International Sea-Ice Summer School 2-13 July 2007. The school is part of an outreach program of the International Polar Year (IPY).
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