29 July 2021 This summer a group of scientists from the University Centre in Svalbard and the Norwegian Polar Institute pioneered a new method to count reindeer in Svalbard using drone technology.

15 July 2021 Ringed seals and polar bears are not the only Arctic organisms that depend on sea ice. Thousands of microscopic plants and animals also utilise sea ice, but they are poorly known and rarely described to the public. Recent findings suggest that sea ice is an important nursery ground for many of them.

7 July 2021 The course name might be a mouthful, but the content is crucial as Longyearbyen soon will shift from being a coal mining town to using new renewable energy sources. Here’s a recap of the summer course in Sustainable Arctic Energy Exploration and Development.

2 July 2021 Why is the weather so hard to predict? The Svalbard terrain contains many parameters, and with 2,5 kilometre big weather grids it is hard to notice small-scale variations. A research group from UNIS is looking at live weather data and comparing it to the models.